ش | ی | د | س | چ | پ | ج |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 |
The cardinal numbers (one, two, three, etc.) are adjectives referring to quantity, and the ordinalnumbers (first, second, third, etc.) refer to distribution.
Number | Cardinal | Ordinal |
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 |
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 |
100,000 | one hundred thousand | hundred thousandth |
1,000,000 | one million | millionth |
Said | Written | Said |
half | 0.5 | point five |
a quarter | 0.25 | point two five |
three quarters | 0.75 | point seven five |
Written | Said |
25% | twenty five percent |
50% | fifty percent |
75% | seventy five percent |
100% | a/one hundred percent |
Written | Said |
$1,200 | one thousand two hundred dollars |
£16,486 | sixteen thousand four hundred and eighty-six pounds |
545kms | five hundred and forty-five kilometres |
$25.35 | twenty-five dollars thirty-five |
Written | Said |
1988 | Nineteen eighty-eight |
1864 | Eighteen sixty-four |
1999 | Nineteen ninety-nine |
nought | used in mathematical expressions and decimals:'nought times three equals nought' |
zero | used in scientific expressions, especially temperatures:20oC = minus twenty degrees ortwenty degrees below zero also used to mean 'the lowest point': |
'o' (the letter) | used in telephone numbers:0171 390 0062 = 'o one seven one three nine o double o six two' |
nil/nothing | used to express the score in games such as football: |