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Numerals
Numerals
1234567890
Cardinal numbers
From one to twelve
From thirteen to nineteen
Stress in on the last syllable – eg. fif’teen
From twenty to ninety
Stress is on the first syllable – eg. ‘fifty
Hundred – 100
155
One hundred and fifty five
Thousand – 1000
Million – 1 000 000
Billion – 1 000 000 000
1 234 567 890 – one billion two hundred thirty four million five hundred sixty seven
thousand eight hundred ninety
Ordinal numbers
First
Second
Third
Cardinal number + -th
Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
For 20, 30 etc. we change –y to -ie and add –th
Twentieth, thirtieth , fortieth...
Hundredth, thousandth…
If we have a complex number we add –th to the last word
1 234 567 890 – one billion two hundred thirty four million five hundred
sixty seven thousand eight hundred ninetieth
0
Zero
In maths
In phone numbers
O /əu/
In years
1407 – in fourteen o seven
In time
In phone numbers
Nil
In sports
3:0 – three nil
Years
We divide numbers in two parts and say single numbers
1345 - thirteen forty-five
**0*
0 is o
1407 - fourteen oh seven
First part is hundred (old-fashioned)
1407 - fourteen hundred and seven
**00 – hundred
1500 – fifteen hundred
1000 – one thousand
Years
2000+
2003
twenty oh three
two thousand and three (British)/two thousand three (American)
2012
twenty twelve
two thousand and twelve (British)/two thousand twelve (American)
-1000
465
Four sixty-five
four hundred and sixty-five
Years
AD and BC
AD – Anno Domini –Наша эра
BC - Before Christ – До нашей эры
We use IN with years
In 1999