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Eng-Numerals English Numerals The A.B.C. of 1.2.3 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Numerals •English number words include : ‣ Numerals ‣ Words derived from them 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Cardinal numbers 0 zero 10 ten 1 one 11 eleven 2 two 12 twelve 20 twenty 3 three 13 thirteen 30 thirty 4 four 14 fourteen 40 forty 5 five 15 fifteen 50 fifty 6 six 16 sixteen 60 sixty 7 seven 17 seventeen 70 seventy 8 eight 18 eighteen 80 eighty 9 nine 19 nineteen 90 ninety 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Cardinal numbers • For numbers ranging from 21 to 99 ‣ Write the number as two words separated by a hyphen 21 twenty-one 25 twenty-five 32 thirty-two 58 fifty-eight 64 sixty-four 79 seventy-nine 83 eighty-three 99 ninety-nine 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Cardinal numbers • Hundreds ‣ The word hundred remains in its singular form regardless of the number preceding it ‣ One may say «hundreds of people sang» ‣ Or «hundreds of cranes fly above Ussac» 100 one hundred 200 two hundred … … 900 nine hundred • And so too are the thousands... 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Cardinal numbers • Thousands 1 one thousand 2 two thousand 10 ten thousand 11 eleven thousand 20 twenty thousand 21 twenty-one thousand 30 thirty thousand 85 eighty-five thousand 100 one hundred thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine (British English) 999 nine hundred ninety-nine thousand (American English) 1,000,000 one million 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Cardinal numbers •Pronounciation ‣ Americans pronounce four-digit numbers as pairs of two-digit numbers without saying "hundred" and inserting "oh" for zero tens : ➡ "twenty-six fifty-nine » 2659 ➡ "forty-one oh five » 4105 ‣ It is avoided for numbers less than 2500 if the context may mean confusion with time of day : ➡ "ten ten" 1010 is not 10:10 AM ➡ "twelve oh four" 1204 is not 12:04 PM 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Cardinal numbers Common British Common American Common British "How many marbles do you "Which bus goes to the high "What is your house number?" have?" street?" 101 "A hundred and one." "One-oh-one." 109 "A hundred and nine." "One-oh-nine." "One-oh-nine." 110 "A hundred and ten." "One-ten." "One-one-oh." 117 "A hundred and seventeen." "One-seventeen." "One-one-seven." "One-two-oh", "One-two- "A hundred and twenty." "One-twenty." 120 zero." 152 "A hundred and fifty-two." "One-fifty-two." "One-five-two." 208 "Two hundred and eight." "Two-oh-eight." "Two-oh-eight." "Three hundred and thirty- "Three-thirty-four." "Three-three-four." 334 four." 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Numbers names - 0 •A few numbers have special names (in addition to their regular names): ‣ zero : formal scientific usage ‣ naught : mostly British usage ‣ oh: used when spelling numbers (like telephone, bank account) Oh-five-five- five = 0555 ‣ nil: in sport scores, British usage Wales 3-0 Scotland ➡ «The score is three–nil» ‣ nothing: in sport scores, American usage Boston Celtics 2-0 Chicago Bulls ➡ «The score is two to nothing» ‣ null: used technically. ➡ «The sum is null». ‣ zilch : used informally ➡ «I know zilch ! », « You get zilch ! » American usage 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Numbers names - 1 ‣ ace : In tennis or golf, success with one stroke ‣ birdie : in golf denotes one stroke less than par ‣ bogey : one stroke more than par ‣ a unit : Technical ‣ Unity : In mathematics 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Numbers names - 2 ‣ couple ‣ brace : from Old French "arms" (the plural of arm) ‣ pair ‣ deuce : the face of a die or playing card with two dots ‣ eagle : In golf denotes two strokes less than par 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Numbers names - 3 ‣ trey : the face of a die or playing card with three dots ‣ trio ‣ trips : three-of-a-kind in a poker hand. ‣ albatross : In golf denotes three strokes less than par. Sometimes called double eagle 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Numbers names - 4 ‣ cater : The face of a die or playing card with four pips ‣ quartet : In music, a four musicians group ‣ condor : in golf denotes four strokes less than par 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Misc. names ‣ 10 : a metric dozen ‣ 11 : a banker's dozen ‣ 12 : a dozen (first power of the duodecimal base), used mostly in commerce ‣ 13 : a baker's dozen ‣ 144 : a gross (a dozen dozens, second power of the duodecimal base), used mostly in commerce ‣ 1000 : a grand, a grand can also be shortened to « G » ‣ 1000 : a K, originally from the abbreviation of kilo ex : this costs 30 K€ 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Sport Scores •Combinations of numbers in most sports scores are read as in the following examples: ‣ 1–0 ➡ British English : one nil ➡ American English : one-nothing, one-zip, or one-zero ‣ 0–0 ➡ British English : nil-nil ➡ American English : zero-zero or nothing-nothing ‣ 2–2 ➡ British English : two-two or two all ➡ American English : also twos, two to two 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Multiplicative numbers • Multiplicative numbers expresses how many times something happens one time once two times x2 twice x2 twofold x2 three times x3 thrice x3 threefold x3 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Negative numbers • A negative number is the corresponding positive number preceded by "minus" -5 minus five -49 minus forty-nine -2.5 minus two and a half 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Ordinal numbers Year common pronunciation Alternative methods 1 before the Common era (BCE) Anno 1 BC (The year) One Before Christ (BC) Domini (AD) 1000 One thousand Ten hundred 1K 1900 Nineteen hundred One thousand, nine hundred 1901 Nineteen oh-one Nineteen hundred (and) one 1999 Nineteen ninety-nine Nineteen hundred (and) ninety-nine 2000 Two thousand Twenty hundred Y2K 2001 Two thousand (and) one Twenty oh-one 2010 Two thousand (and) ten Twenty ten 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Ordinal numbers 21st twenty-first 25th twenty-fifth If it doesn't end with : 32nd thirty-second •st "first" 58th fifty-eighth •nd "second" 64th sixty-fourth •rd "third" 79th seventy-ninth It ends with "th" 83rd eighty-third 99th ninety-ninth 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Fractions 1/10 or 0.1 one tenth 2/10 or 0.2 two tenths 1/4 one quarter or one fourth (US) 3/10 or 0.3 three tenths 1/3 one third 4/10 or 0.4 four tenths 1/2 one half 5/10 five tenths 6/10 or 0.6 six tenths 2/3 two thirds 7/10 or 0.7 seven tenths 3/4 three quarters or three fourths (US) 8/10 or 0.8 eight tenths 9/10 or 0.9 nine tenths 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014 Digits or Words ? ‣ The numbers zero to nine inclusive should be "written out ➡ Example: "I have two apples." (Preferred) ➡ Example: "I have 2 apples." ‣ After "nine", one can head straight back into the 10, 11, 12 ➡ Example: "I have 28 grapes." (Preferred) ➡ Example: "I have twenty-eight grapes." ‣ Write out any number that can be expressed as one or two words ➡ "There are six million dogs." (Preferred) ➡ "There are 6,000,000 dogs." ➡ "That is one hundred twenty-five oranges." ➡ "That is 125 oranges." (Preferred) ‣ Numbers at the beginning of a sentence should also be written out. 2014 © Madmolf - AFPI - ANGLAIS SOREM GROUP- USSAC 2014.
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