Writing Numbers in Words
Whole Numbers
| 10 |
ten |
| 11 |
eleven |
| 12 |
twelve |
| 13 |
thirteen |
| 14 |
fourteen |
| 15 |
fifteen |
| 16 |
sixteen |
| 17 |
seventeen |
| 18 |
eighteen |
| 19 |
nineteen |
| 20 |
twenty |
| 30 |
thirty |
| 40 |
forty |
| 50 |
fifty |
| 60 |
sixty |
| 70 |
seventy |
| 80 |
eighty |
| 90 |
ninety |
| 100 |
one hundred |
| 1,000 |
one thousand |
| 10,000 |
ten thousand |
| 100,000 |
one hundred thousand |
| 1,000,000 |
one million |
| 1,000,000,000 |
one billion |
Examples:
- 8542 is written eight thousand, five hundred forty-two.
- 2076 is written two thousand, seventy-six.
- 6,507,321,000 is written six billion, five hundred seven million, three hundred twenty-one thousand.
Fractions and Decimals
| half |
halves |
| third |
thirds |
| fourth |
fourths |
| fifth |
fifths |
| sixth |
sixths |
| eighth |
eighths |
| tenth |
tenths |
| twelfth |
twelfths |
| hundredth |
hundredths |
| thousandth |
thousandth |
Examples:
-
is written three-fourths.
-
is written two-halves.
-
0.05 is written five-hundredths.
-
3.2 is written three and two-tenths.
-
3.25 is written three and twenty-five hundredths.
-
3.256 is written three and two hundred fifty-six thousandths.
