Numerical digits are the number text characters used to show numerals.
For example, the
numeral "56" has two digits: 5 and 6. In the decimal system (which is base 1!, each digit is how
many o" a certain power o" 1 are needed to get the #alue. $he rightmost, or units digit, is "or
1%, the next digit is "or 1%1, etc.
$he numeral "56" means: 6&1% ' 5&1%1 ( 6&1 ' 5&1 ( 6 ' 5.
$he ten digits o" the decimal system are: , 1, ), *, +, 5, 6, ,, -, and .. /ome numeral systems
need more than ten digits. For example, the hexadecimal numeral system uses 16 digits: , 1, ), *,
+, 5, 6, ,, -, ., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and F.
1. 2ardinal 5umbers
2ardinal numbers 6 $he example o" cardinal number: one, two, three, or the numeric
e7ui#alents, and so on 6 represent simple 7uantity (though, as shown in the pre#ious paragraph,
they can also be employed in a countdown 6 or, in that case, a countup!. $he names o" 4nglish
numerals are all deri#ed "rom 8ld 4nglish, as are the su""ixes -teen, which deri#es "rom a "orm o"
ten and means 9ten more than,: and -ty, which means 9ten.: Hundred and thousand are also
deri#ed "rom old 4nglish, but million and other terms "or orders o" magnitude come "rom ;atin
by way o" French.
0lso be employed in a countdown 6 or, in that case, a countup!. $he names o" 4nglish numerals
are all deri#ed "rom 8ld 4nglish, as are the su""ixes -teen, which deri#es "rom a "orm o" ten and
means 9ten:. $here are three <inds o" 2ardinal 5umber, 5ormal 5umber, $een 5umber, $y
5umber.
$he sign (&! is a special number. 1ut still include $een number, 1ecause 11, 1), 1* is the number
o" $een 5umber.
1.1 =undred 5umber
In 4nglish, the hundreds are per"ectly regular, except that the word hundred remains in its
singular "orm regardless o" the number preceding it (ne#ertheless, one may on the other hand say
"hundreds o" people "lew in", or the li<e!.
Normal Number Teen Number Ty Number
1 (One)
2 (Two)
3 (Three)
4 (Four)
5 (Five)
(!i")
# (!even)
$ (%ight)
& (Nine)
1' (Ten)
11 ( (%leven)
12 ( (Twelve)
13 (Thirteen)
14 (Fourteen)
15 (Fi)teen)
1 (!i"teen)
1# (!eventeen)
1$ (%ighteen)
1& (Nineteen)
*
2' (Twenty)
3' (Thirty)
4' (Forty)
5' (Fi)ty)
' (!i"ty)
#' (!eventy)
$' (%ighty)
&' (Ninety)
*
*
8range 2olour show that 2on>uction used to connect other number. 0nd the writing number 1
can be replaced 90 =undred: or 98ne =undred:. $his rule only "or number 8ne. 0nd the
con>uction only "or number that ha#e end number.
In 0merican /ytem 5umber, the number (1! are written 98ne =undred:. It?s ne#er 90
=undred:. 3i""erent in 1ritish, writing number (1! are 98ne oh 8ne:.
1.) $housand 5umber
/o too are the thousands, with the number o" thousands "ollowed by the word "thousand".
8range 2olour show that 2on>uction used to connect other number. $he con>uction can be
replaced 9and:. 4xample: )1+ ($wo $housand and Four! and many other. $he number 1:
can written 90 $housand: or 98ne $housand:.
5ote that in 0merican 4nglish, many students are taught not to use the word and anywhere in the
whole part o" a number, so it is not used be"ore the tens and ones. It is instead used as a #erbal
delimiter when dealing with compound numbers. $hus, instead o" "three hundred and se#enty@
three", one would say "three hundred se#enty@three".
1.* Aillion and 1illion5umber
For numbers abo#e a million, there are two di""erent systems "or naming numbers in 4nglish ("or
the use o" pre"ixes such as <ilo@ "or a thousand, mega@ "or a million, milli@ "or a thousandth, etc.
see /I units!:
$he long scale (decreasingly used in 1ritish 4nglish! designates a system o" numeric names in
which a thousand million is called a BBmilliard?? (but the latter usage is now rare!, and BBbillion?? is
used "or a million million. $he short scale (always used in 0merican 4nglish and increasingly in
1ritish 4nglish! designates a system o" numeric names in which a thousand million is called a
BBbillion??, and the word BBmilliard?? is not used.
+undred Number Other %"am,le
1'' (One +undred)
2'' (Two +undred)
3'' (Three +undred)
--
-....
$'' (%ight +undred)
&'' (Nine +undred)
1'$ (One +undred and %ight)
213 (Two +undred and Thirteen)
31& (Three +undred and Nineteen)
4'1 (Four +undred and One)
(!i" +undred and !i"ty !i")
# (!even +undred and !i"ty !i")
$'5 (%ight +undred and Five
Thousand Number Other %"am,le
1''' (One Thousand)
2''' (Two Thousand )
3''' (Three Thousand )
--
-....
$''' (%ight Thousand )
&''' (Nine Thousand )
1''4 (One Thousand/ %ight)
2''3 (Two Thousand/ Thirteen)
111$ (One Thousand/ One +undred and %ighteen)
35'' (Three Thousand/ Five +undred)
$&4 (!i" Thousand/ %ight +undred and Ninety Four)
# (!even Thousand/ !i" +undred and !i"ty !i")
$''5 (%ight Thousand/ Five
