Numerals / Numbers in English: Number Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers

Numerals / Numbers in English
The cardinal numbers [τα απολυτα αριθμητικα] (one, two, three,

etc.) are adjectives referring to quantity, and the ordinal numbers
[τα τακτικα αριθμητικα] (first, second, third, etc.) refer to
distribution [κατανομη, διανομη, μοιρασια].
Number Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers

1 one first
2 two second
3 three third
4 four fourth
5 five fifth
6 six sixth
7 seven seventh
8 eight eighth
9 nine ninth
10 ten tenth
11 eleven eleventh
12 twelve twelfth
13 thirteen thirteenth
14 fourteen fourteenth
15 fifteen fifteenth
16 sixteen sixteenth
17 seventeen seventeenth
18 eighteen eighteenth
19 nineteen nineteenth
20 twenty twentieth
21 twenty-one twenty-first
22 twenty-two twenty-second
23 twenty-three twenty-third
24 twenty-four twenty-fourth
25 twenty-five twenty-fifth
26 twenty-six twenty-sixth
Number Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers
27 twenty-seven twenty-seventh
28 twenty-eight twenty-eighth
29 twenty-nine twenty-ninth
30 thirty thirtieth
31 thirty-one thirty-first
40 forty fortieth
50 fifty fiftieth
60 sixty sixtieth
70 seventy seventieth
80 eighty eightieth
90 ninety ninetieth
100 one hundred hundredth
500 five hundred five hundredth
1,000 one thousand thousandth
one thousand five hundred, or one thousand five
1,500
fifteen hundred hundredth
100,000 one hundred thousand hundred thousandth
1,000,000 one million millionth
Examples
 There are twenty-five people in the room.

 He was the fourteenth person to win the award.
 Six hundred thousand people were left homeless after the
earthquake.
 I must have asked you twenty times to be quiet.
 He went to Israel for the third time this year.
Reading decimals (δεκαδικα)

Read decimals aloud in English by pronouncing the decimal
point as "point", then read each digit individually. Money is not
read this way.
Written Said
0.5 point five (= zero point five)
0.25 point two five (= zero point two five)
0.73 point seven three
0.05 point zero five
0.6529 point six five two nine
2.95 two point nine five
Reading fractions (κλασματα)

Read fractions using the cardinal number for the numerator
[αριθμητης] and the ordinal number for the denominator
[παρανομαστης] , making the ordinal number plural if the
numerator is larger than 1. This applies to all numbers except for
the number 2, which is read "half" when it is the denominator,
and "halves" if there is more than one.
Written Said
1/3 one third
3/4 three fourths
5/6 five sixths
1/2 one half
3/2 three halves
Pronouncing percentages [ποσοστα]

Percentages are easy to read aloud in English. Just say the
number and then add the word "percent".
Written Pronounced
5% five percent
25% twenty-five percent
36.25% thirty-six point two five percent
100% one hundred percent
400% four hundred percent
Reading sums of money [χρηματικα ποσα]

To read a sum of money, first read the whole number, then add
the currency name. If there is a decimal, follow with the decimal
pronounced as a whole number, and if coinage [νομισμα] has a
name in the currency [νομισμα, χρημα, συναλλαγμα], add that
word at the end. Note that normal decimals are not read in this
way. These rules only apply to currency.
Written Spoken
25$ twenty-five dollars
52€ fifty-two euros
140₤ one hundred and forty pounds
forty-three dollars and twenty-five cents (shortened to
$43.25
"forty-three twenty-five" in everyday speech)
€12.66 twelve euros sixty-six
₤10.50 ten pounds fifty
Pronouncing measurements [μετρησεις]

Just read out the number, followed by the unit of measurement
[μοναδα μετρησης], which will often be abbreviated in the
written form.
Written Spoken
60m sixty meters
25km / h twenty-five kilometers per hour
11ft eleven feet
2L two liters
3tbsp three tablespoons (κουταλιες της σουπας)
1tsp one teaspoon (κουταλακι του γλυκου)
Pronouncing years [χρονολογιες]

Reading years in English is relatively complicated. In general,
when the year is a four-digit number [τετραψηφιος αριθμος],
read the first two digits as a whole number, then the second two
digits as another whole number. There are a few exceptions to
this rule. Years that are within the first 100 years of a new
millenium [χιλιετια] can be read as whole numbers even though
they have four digits, or they can be read as two two-digit
numbers. Millennia are always read as whole numbers because
they would be difficult to pronounce otherwise. New centuries
are read as whole numbers of hundreds. We do not use the word
"thousand", at least not for reading years within the past 1000
years.
Years that have just three digits can be read as a three-digit

number, or as a one-digit number followed by a two-digit
number. Years that are a two-digit number are read as a whole
number. You can precede any year by the words "the year" to
make your meaning clear, and this is common for two- and
three-digit years. Years before the year 0 are followed by BC,
pronounced as two letters of the alphabet.
Interestingly [αξιζει να σημειωθει / είναι ενδιαφερον ότι /

παρουσιαζει ενδιαφερον το γεγονος οτι], these rules apply to
reading street addresses as well.
Written Spoken
2014 twenty fourteen or two thousand fourteen
2008 two thousand (and) eight
2000 two thousand
1944 nineteen forty-four
1908 nineteen oh eight
1900 nineteen hundred
1600 sixteen hundred
1256 twelve fifty-six
1006 ten oh six
eight hundred (and) sixty-six or eight
866
sixty-six
25 twenty-five
3000 BC three thousand BC
3250 BC thirty two fifty BC
How to pronounce the number 0
There are several ways to pronounce the number 0, used in
different contexts. Unfortunately, usage varies between different
English-speaking countries. These pronunciations apply to
American English.
Pronunciation Usage
It is used to read the number by itself, in
(reading) decimals, percentages, and
zero
phone numbers, and in some fixed
expressions.
Used to read years, addresses, times, and
oh (the letter name)
temperatures
nil Used to report sports scores
Nought (BrE) Not used in the USA
Written Said
Three point zero four plus two point zero
3.04+2.02=5.06
two makes five point zero six.
There is a 0% chance
There is a zero percent chance of rain.
of rain.
The temperature is - The temperature is twenty degrees below
20⁰C. zero.
You can reach me at You can reach me at zero one seven one,
0171 390 1062. three nine zero, one zero six two
I live at 4604 Smith
I live at forty-six oh four Smith Street
Street.
He became king in
He became king in fourteen oh nine.
1409.
I waited until 4:05. I waited until four oh five.
The score was 4-0. The score was four nil.
6.6 on the Richter Croatia was hit by a magnitude six point
scale six (on the Richter scale) earthquake
Note:
There are about a dozen bananas in this basket.
There are about twelve bananas in this basket.
Many consider dozen as an adjective (= twelve)
Dozen is not an adjective as the other cardinal number
adjectives
‘Dozen’ can take a determiner: a / the / a few /my dozen.

It can be counted: two / three / four dozen.
It can be plural: we have dozens. In short, it is a noun.
Don't be misled by ‘dozen’ apparently modifying another noun.

Nouns can modify nouns, as in ‘work clothes’, ‘an Oxford
student’, or (the inevitable) ‘car park’.
DATES
These are written in four ways, and pronounced in two
Written Said
Monday 29th December, 2020 Monday the twenty-ninth of
December, twenty-twenty
Monday 29 December, 2020 Monday the twenty-ninth of
December, twenty-twenty
Monday December 29 , 2020 Monday
th
December the
twenty-ninth, twenty-twenty
Monday December 29, 2020 Monday December the
twenty-ninth, twenty-twenty

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Numerals / Numbers in English

The cardinal numbers [τα απολυτα αριθμητικα] (one, two, three,

Number Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers

 There are twenty-five people in the room.

Reading decimals (δεκαδικα)

Reading fractions (κλασματα)

Pronouncing percentages [ποσοστα]

Reading sums of money [χρηματικα ποσα]

Pronouncing measurements [μετρησεις]

Pronouncing years [χρονολογιες]

Years that have just three digits can be read as a three-digit

Interestingly [αξιζει να σημειωθει / είναι ενδιαφερον ότι /

‘Dozen’ can take a determiner: a / the / a few /my dozen.

Don't be misled by ‘dozen’ apparently modifying another noun.

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