Learn about Numbers

How high can you count?

Here is a poem to help you remember the numbers 1-10.

One, two, buckle my shoe

Three, four, shut the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen

Now, can you count higher? How about counting to one hundred or one thousand? Use
the counting chart to practice saying and writing the numbers 1-100. Then try the counting
quiz. Soon you will be able to count to one billion!

Cardinal Numbers
The numbers you use for counting are called "cardinal numbers", for example:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen...

Here are some other cardinal numbers you need to remember for counting:

0 zero

1 one

10 ten

100 one hundred

1,000 one thousand

 1,000,000 one million

1,000,000,000 one billion

Ordinal Numbers
The numbers you use to talk about the order of things are called "ordinal numbers", for
example:

My horse came in first.

I was the fifth person in line.

Here are the first ten ordinal numbers:

first 1st sixth 6th

second 2nd seventh 7th

third 3rd eighth 8th

fourth 4th ninth 9th

 fifth 5th tenth 10th

Multiples
Sometimes numbers aren't expressed in cardinal or ordinal numbers.

Here are a few examples:

half (1/2)
single (1)
double (x2)
triple (x3)
quadruple (x4)

a pair/couple (2)
a few (2 or 3)
several (more than 3 but not many)
a dozen (12)
a half dozen (6)