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These are the cor.rect names for the numbers up to 20.

l one "2.two 3 three 4 four


5 five 6 six 7 seven I eight
I nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve
13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen
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seventeen 18 eiohteen 1g nineteen 20 twenty

Here are some more numbers, ftom?l to 29,and up to 100.

21 twenty-one 22 twenty-twd 23 twenty-three ?4r twenty-four


25 twenty-five 26 twenty-six 27 twenty-seven 28 twenty-eight
29' twenty-nine

30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty 60 sixty


70 seventy 80: eighty g0 ninety ' 00 onehundred

26 is written twenty-six. Note the hyphen (-) between twenty and six.
135 is written one hundred and thirty-five. Note the and between hundred
and thirty.
Add these to your list. You also need to know
how to spell ttrousand and million. Word Check
'We figures numbers wfitten
have special words for some numbers.
For example, pair stands fot 2 and dozen usingl, 2, 3,4, 5,6,7,8,
for 12, score for 2o,gfoss for 744. 9and0
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O 1 Write the following numbers in words.
(a) 3 lbl 4 (cl 7 (d) s
(e) 1L (f) 12 (g ) 15 (h) re
(il 22 (i) 40 (kl 53 (l) e7
(m) tlz (nl lzs (o) rLoz (p) sooo
2 Write in figures, the numbers for the following names
(a) two (b) five (cl six (d) nine
(el thirteen (f) fourteen (g) seventeen (hl eighteen
(i) tq/enty-six (i) fifty-three (kl seventy-one (l) ninety-five
(ml three hundred and four (n) two thousand and eleven

Practice
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Using the aboye diagram, answer the following questions in sentences. Put the
answer in figures after each sentence.

Example How many stars afe there?


Answer There are eleven stars. (1L)

How many of these are there?


1 red circles 2 yellow stars
3. blue squares 4 yellow circles
5 circles- 6 squares
7 redshapes 8 blue shapes
9 yellow shapes 10 shapes
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O *r is a map Sharonmade of her str€€t,

Write each answef as a sentence, using flgures.

Exarnple Who lives at number ninety-four?


Answer Stevenlives at number 94.

1 What number does Sharon live at?


2 Who lives at number one hundred and three?
3 Who lives at number eighty-seven?
4 What is at number ninety-six?
5 What is at nuniber ninety-five?
6 Who lives at number one hundred?
7 Who lives next door to numbel one hundred and one?
I Whdfis in between number eighty-nine and number ninety-one?
9 What is at number ninety-three?
10 Sharon doesn't know who lives in the houses FinishedEarly?
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numbers like this.

Further Practice
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In the diagram on page 8, there are balls, cubes and pyramids.


Answer the questions below in sentences. Put the answer in figUres after each
sentence.

Example How many balls are there?


Answer There are twenty-one balls. (21)

How many of these are there?


1 yellow pyramids 2 purple cubes
3 blue balls 4 PurPle Pyramids
5 cubes 6 pyramids
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9 purple solids 10 solids

4 Numbersfor PuttingThingsin Order


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Here are some nurtrbers used for putting things in order.
1
2
3
first
second
third
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10
eighth
ninth
tenth
Bth
gth
10th
4 fourth 4th 11 eleventh llth
5 fifrh 5th 12 twelfth 12th
' 6th 13 thirteenth 13th
6' sixth
7 seventh 7rh

Notice that the number gets the same ending as the word, so
second --> 2nd, fourth -s 4th.
Here are some mofe.

20 twentieth 2oth B0 eightieth 8fth


21 twenty-first 21st 100 hundredth 100th
22 twenty-second 22nd 101 101st
hundred-and-first
23 twenty{hird 23rd . 1000 thousandth
24 twenty{ourth 24rh 1000000 millionth
30 thirtieth 3{hh

rd Check
ordering number (ordinal)
a number that tells you where
something comes in a list
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Example What is the position of ?


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Answer it eleventh.
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What are the positions of the following figures?

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Draw the figure in the following positions:


8 fourth 9 sixteenth 10 thirteenth
11 sixth 12 twelfth 1 3 eleventh
14 eighteenth

Practice
f) Here is the alphabet.
A B C D E F G H r J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Copy out the alphabet and use it to answer the questions.
tilThich letters aLrein these positions?

Example second
Answer The second letter is B.

1'fifth 2 eighth 3 fifteenth


4 twentieth 5 twenty-fourth 6 eleventh
7 third
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Which position are these letters in?

Example A
Answer A is the first letter.

8F 9J 10Y 11P 12U 13K 14C

@ *r is how the even numbers begin.


2 4 6 8 10 r2...,
What is the
1 third even number 2 frftln even number
3 seventh even number 4 tenth even number
5 twentieth even number
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Further Practice
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Draw the symbols that are in these positions.
1 second 2 ninth 3 thirteenth
4 twentieth 5 sixth 6 seventeenth
Which position is each symbol in?.

7 9

10 C 11 12

Q H.r. is the start of a list of numbers.


5 6 7 8 9 10...
What is the ...
1 fourth number 2 sixth number 3 seventh number
4 ninth number 5 twentieth number?
Wtrat position in the list is ... FinishedEady?
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Unit1 AllAboutNumbers

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1 About two thousand years ago, the Romans used the letters of their alphabet
to write their numbers. They used simple letters that could easily be carved
in stone.
They used the letter I to stand for 1. II stands for 2
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2 The Romans l:rada rule. You can't use more than three of the sane letter
together, so you can't write rTII for 4.

TheletterV stands", t To write 4,youuse'1 before5',rV.


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Draw L table book to record the different numbers.
Put in the numbers you have seen so far.
From now on, add new numbers to the table as you read.

6 iswritten'1
afterr',-. n
7 and.8 follow the same pattern. Make them.
You can't use VIIIf to make 9 because of the rule in step 2.
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1V find an answer to the problem. Hint: 1O is written "
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5 Now make the numbers from 11 to 20. Hint:20 is )OL

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Write the numbers30,40, ... up to 100.
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I Write the numbers 2OO,30Oand so on.


To finish the hundreds, you need to know that M stands for 1000.
You can also use small letters.45 is written xlv.

Word Check
Roman numeral a number
written using an old system
of symbols, still used today
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Try lt Out
Q wri. these in modern numbers.

3;arnple )O(I
Working )O( = 2O,I = I
Answer 2l

1)il 2 )o(D( 3 xli


4 DOryII 5 XCV 6 civ
7 cccxl 8 CDXVI 9 dcclxviii
10 MDCDOO(V

@ Writ. these in Roman numerals. Use capital letters.


125 252 368 499 5 146
6 555 7 941 8 1033 I 1939 10 2001

Practice
Q no-"tt numerals are often used for the year when writing a date.
Write the following dates in modern numbers.
1 A/DOffII 2 MCDO(I 3 MD)OOilI
4 MDCDOOO(V 5 MCIVD(CX 6 MND(IV
\ilflrite the following dates in Roman numerals.
7 L666 I 1738 9 1819
10 1841 11 1910 12 2025

Further Practice
@ fn. statementsbelow are written using Roman numerals. Write them out
using modern numbers.
'! The time on the clock face is:

2 The Contents page is in the Preface on page ui.


3 The name of the hero is found in Chapter XVIL
4 The year of production of the movie was MCMXCD(.
5 The weight on the box of cereal is CD grams.
6 The volume of liquid shown on a container is MCCV millilitres.
7 The year on the wall of the house was MDCCOCIIL

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