How to Read Numbers

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Whole Numbers

1 one 3 three 5 five 7 seven 9 nine

2 two 4 four 6 six 8 eight 10 ten

11 eleven 10 ten 17 seventee

1`2 twelve 20 TWENty 21 twenty-one

13 thirTEEN 30 THIR + "d" 32 thirty-two

14 fourTEEN 40 FOUR + "d" 43 forty-three

15 fifTEEN 50 FIF + "d" 59 fifty-nine

16 sixTEEN 60 SIX + "d" 64 sixty-four

17 sevenTEEN 70 SEVEN+ "d" 75 seventy-five

18 eightTEEN 80 EIGHT + "d" 86 ewighty-six

19 nineTEEN 90 NINE + "d" 98 ninety-eight

100 one hundred 102 one hundred (and) two

200 two hundred 213 two hundred thirteen

300 three hundred 340 three hundred forty

400 four hundred 451 four hundred fifty-one

500 five hundred 575 five hundred seventy-five

600 six hundred 662 six hundred sixty-two

700 seven hundred 777 seven hundred seventy-seven

800 eight hundred 899 eight hundred ninety-nine

900 nine hundred 987 nine hundred eighty-seven

1,000 one thousand

20,000 twenty thousand

300,000 three hundred thousand

4,000,000 four million

50,000,000 fifty million

600,000,000 six hundred million

7,000,000,000 seven billion

80.000,000,000 eigty billion

900,000,000,000 nine hundred billion

1,000.000.000.000 1 million

To read large numbers:

82173266400596877

(1) Insert commas after every third digit, starting from the right side.

82,173,266,400,596,877

(2) The commas have names starting from the far right and moving to the far left:

thousand

million

billion

trillion

quadrillion

quintilion

[...]

(3) Read each group of digits

eighty-two

one hundred seventy three

two hundred sixty-six

four hundred

five hundred ninety-six

eight hundred seventy-seven

(4)

82,173,266,400,596,877

is said in this way==read from left to right, include the names of the commas--

eighty-two quadrillion one hundred seventy three trillion two hundred sixty-six billion four hundred million five hundred ninety-six thousand eight hundred seventy-seven

Decimal Numbers

Scientific Notation

Fractions

Equations

2 + 3 = 5

two plus three MEANS five

two plus three EQUALS five

two plus three IS THE SAME AS five

two plus three IS five

Telling Time (Clock time; Time of Day)

Years

Dates

Money

Height

Weight

Ordinal Numbers

n

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