Number Words
In this lesson you will learn to count to 9,999,999 in English and to spell the words for the numbers.
The colors will help you remember and spell the words.
1) First, learn the numbers 0 to 10 in English. (click here to go to this part)
2) Then, learn the numbers 11 to 19 in English. (click here to go to this part)
3) Next, learn the numbers 20 to 29 in English. (click here to go to this part)
4) Now you are ready to count to 99 in English. (click here to go to this part)
5) When you can count to 99 in English, you can learn to count to 999. (click here to go to this part)
6) Now you are ready to count to 9,999,999! (click here to go to this part)
First learn all the green words (0-10).
0 Zero
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
4 Four
5 Five
6 Six
7 Seven
8 Eight
9 Nine
10 Ten
The green words are almost like the numbers 11-19, with teen added.
11 Eleven
12 Twelve
13 Thirteen
14 Fourteen
15 Fifteen
16 Sixteen
17 Seventeen
18 Eighteen
19 Nineteen
Use the green words plus twenty for the numbers 20-29.
20 Twenty
21 Twenty-one
22 Twenty-two
23 Twenty-three
24 Twenty-four
25 Twenty-five
26 Twenty-six
27 Twenty-seven
28 Twenty-eight
29 Twenty-nine
Do the same thing (use the green words plus the red words) for the numbers 30-99!
30 Thirty
31 Thirty-one
40 Forty
50 Fifty
60 Sixty
70 Seventy
80 Eighty
90 Ninety
Now you can use the words you already know, plus hundred, for the numbers 100-999!
100 One hundred
101 One hundred one
102 One hundred two
110 One hundred ten
114 One hundred fourteen
120 One hundred twenty
200 Two hundred
300 Three hundred
And now you can count to 9,999 when you learn one more word: thousand.
1,000 One thousand
1,050 One thousand fifty
2,000 Two thousand
2,001 Two thousand one
9,999 Nine thousand ninety-nine
Million means 1,000,000. How do you say this number:
9,999,999?
Nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine
Now you can use these words on the Math Page.