NUMERAL DEFINITION AND EXERCISES

In English grammar, numerals function as a part of speech to represent numbers, quantify nouns, and express numerical relationships.

There are two main types of numerals in English: cardinal numerals and ordinal numerals.

Cardinal Numerals: Cardinal numerals represent specific quantities or numbers.

They answer the question how many? and are used to count objects or denote a precise quantity.

Examples:

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen

Twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety

One hundred, two hundred, three hundred, etc.

One thousand, two thousand, three thousand, etc.

 

Ordinal Numerals: Ordinal numerals denote the order or rank of items in a sequence.

They answer the question in what order? and are used to indicate the position of something in a series.

Examples:

First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth

Eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth

Twentieth, thirtieth, fortieth, fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, eightieth, ninetieth

Hundredth, thousandth, millionth, billionth, etc.

 

Numerals can function as determiners when they directly modify nouns, indicating the quantity or position of the noun.

For example:

Cardinal Numeral as Determiner: Three apples fell from the tree.

Ordinal Numeral as Determiner: The first prize goes to the winner.

 

Numerals can also function as adjectives when they modify nouns but do not directly specify quantity or order.

 For example:

Cardinal Numeral as Adjective: She bought two pairs of shoes.

Ordinal Numeral as Adjective: He is in his third year of university.

 

Additionally, numerals can function as nouns themselves, particularly when referring to numbers as concepts or entities.

For example:

The number eight is considered lucky in some cultures.

She divided the class into groups of four.

 

 

 

Instructions:

Please, do the exercises without seeing the Answers.

If you are unable to find an answer, you can check the answers provided below after attempting all the blanks.

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals

 

Instructions: Use the correct words for (numbers in brackets). Write ordinal or cardinal number forms into the gaps:

 

 

1. My sister is in the ———— grade (2).
2. I have ———— fingers (10) on my hands.
3. There are ———— days (7) in a week.
4. We need ———— eggs (6) to make pancakes.
5. Today is the ———— day (1) of the month.
6. The puppy is the ———— pet (1) in our family.
7. I have ———— brothers (2) and ———— sisters (1).
8. There are ———— months (12) in a year.
9. She won the race and got the ———— prize (1).
10. My birthday is on the ———— of July (4).

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

  Correct Answers:

 

1. second
2. ten
3. seven
4. six
5. first
6. first
7. two, one
8. twelve
9. first
10. fourth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals

Instructions: Write the numbers in words:

 

1. 75
2. 1000000
3. 50
4. 3
5. 12
6. 20
7. 18
8. 45
9. 90
10. 600
11. 0.5
12.  0.7
13. 0.25
14. 0.01
15. 2.5
16. 0
17. 50%
18. 25%
19.  10%
20. 100%
21. 1/2
22. 3/4
23. 1/4
24. 1/10

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

     Correct Answers:

 

1. Seventy-five
2. One million
3. Fifty
4. Three
5. Twelve
6. Twenty
7. Eighteen
8. Forty-five
9. Ninety
10. Six hundred
11. Zero point five
12. Zero point seventy-five
13. Zero point twenty-five
14. Zero point zero one
15. Two point five
16. Zero
17. Fifty percent
18. Twenty-five percent
19. Ten percent
20. One hundred percent
21. One half
22. Three quarters
23. One quarter
24. One tenth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals

Instructions: Write the numerals in numbers:

 

1. Seventy-two
2. Ninety-nine
3. One hundred twenty-five
4. Six hundred thirty-seven
5. Four thousand five hundred eighteen
6. Seven thousand six hundred twenty-three
7. Fifty-three thousand two hundred forty-nine
8. One hundred thousand
9. Six hundred seventy-five thousand three hundred twenty-four
10. Eight million nine hundred seventy-six thousand five hundred twelve
11. Two hundred fifty-three
12. Three thousand seven hundred eighty-six
13. Twelve thousand three hundred forty-nine
14.  One million two hundred fifty thousand
15. Six billion seven hundred eighty-nine million four hundred fifty-six thousand two hundred thirty-one

 

 

 

 

 

     

      Correct Answers:

 

1. 72
2. 99
3. 125
4. 637
5. 4518
6. 7623
7. 53249
8. 100000
9. 675324
10. 8976512
11. 253
12. 3786
13. 12349
14. 1250000
15. 6789456231

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Write the Time in English

 

Instructions: Write the given Time in English:

 

1. 9:15 AM
2. 1:30 PM
3. 6:45 AM
4. 3:20 PM
5. 10:00 AM
6. 5:55 PM
7. 12:10 PM
8. 8:40 AM
9. 4:15 PM
10. 11:50 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

       Correct Answers:

 

1. 9:15 – Fifteen minutes past nine
2. 1:30 – Half past one
3. 6:45 – Quarter to seven
4. 3:20 – Twenty past three
5. 10:00 – Ten o’clock
6. 5:55 – Five minutes to six
7. 12:10 – Ten past twelve
8. 8:40 – Twenty to nine
9. 4:15 – Quarter past four
10. 11:50 – Ten minutes to twelve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals

Instructions: Write in words

 

1. 500
2. 3000
3. 400000
4. 10000000
5. 100000000
6. 200
7. 1001
8. 2005
9. 1250
10. 2006
11. 100 students
12. 1000 books
13.  200000 people

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

     Correct Answers:

 

1. Five hundred
2. Three thousand
3. Four hundred thousand
4. Ten million
5. One hundred million
6. Two hundred
7. One thousand and one
8. Two thousand and five
9. One thousand two hundred fifty
10. Two thousand and six
11. One hundred students
12. One thousand books
13. Two hundred thousand people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in Sums

Instructions: Write the following Sums in words:

 

1. 25 + 13
2. 42 + 57
3. 100 + 25
4. 76 + 89
5. 345 + 210
6. 500 + 600
7. 1234 + 5678
8. 999 + 111
9. 8765 + 4321
10. 9876 + 5432

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Twenty-five plus thirteen
2. Forty-two plus fifty-seven
3. One hundred plus twenty-five
4. Seventy-six plus eighty-nine
5. Three hundred forty-five plus two hundred ten
6. Five hundred plus six hundred
7. One thousand two hundred thirty-four plus five thousand six hundred seventy-eight
8. Nine hundred ninety-nine plus one hundred eleven
9. Eight thousand seven hundred sixty-five plus four thousand three hundred twenty-one
10. Nine thousand eight hundred seventy-six plus five thousand four hundred thirty-two

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in Subtractions

Instructions: Write the following subtractions in words:

 

1. 50 – 25
2. 100 – 67
3. 150 – 89
4. 500–238
5. 1000–475
6. 2500 – 1234
7. 8765 – 4321
8. 9876 – 5432
9. 12345 – 6789
10. 99999 – 88888

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Fifty minus twenty-five
2. One hundred minus sixty-seven
3. One hundred fifty minus eighty-nine
4. Five hundred minus two hundred thirty-eight
5. One thousand minus four hundred seventy-five
6. Two thousand five hundred minus one thousand two hundred thirty-four
7. Eight thousand seven hundred sixty-five minus four thousand three hundred twenty-one
8. Nine thousand eight hundred seventy-six minus five thousand four hundred thirty-two
9. Twelve thousand three hundred forty-five minus six thousand seven hundred eighty-nine
10. Ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine minus eighty-eight thousand eight hundred eighty-eight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in Multiplications

Instructions: Write the following multiplications in words:

 

1. 5 * 3
2. 10 * 4
3. 12 * 6
4. 20 * 8
5. 25 * 5
6. 50 * 7
7. 100 * 9
8. 123 * 4
9. 500 * 2
10. 1000 * 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Five times three
2. Ten times four
3. Twelve times six
4. Twenty times eight
5. Twenty-five times five
6. Fifty times seven
7. One hundred times nine
8. One hundred twenty-three times four
9. Five hundred times two
10. One thousand times three

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in Divisions

Instructions: Write the following divisions in words:

 

1. 15 ÷ 3
2. 20 ÷ 4
3. 36 ÷ 6
4. 45 ÷ 9
5. 64 ÷ 8
6. 81 ÷ 9
7. 100 ÷ 5
8. 200 ÷ 10
9. 500 ÷ 25
10.  1000 ÷ 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Fifteen divided by three
2. Twenty divided by four
3. Thirty-six divided by six
4. Forty-five divided by nine
5. Sixty-four divided by eight
6. Eighty-one divided by nine
7. One hundred divided by five
8. Two hundred divided by ten
9. Five hundred divided by twenty-five
10. One thousand divided by fifty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Writing Monetary Amounts

Instructions: Write the following monetary amounts in words:

 

1. £5
2. 10 shillings
3. 26 pence
4. $1
5. £20
6. 15 shillings
7. 50 pence
8. $5
9. £100
10.  5 shillings

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

     Correct Answers:

 

1. Five pounds
2. Ten shillings
3. Twenty-six pence
4. One dollar
5. Twenty pounds
6. Fifteen shillings
7. Fifty pence
8. Five dollars
9. One hundred pounds
10. Five shillings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in Phone Numbers

Instructions: Write Telephone Numbers in digits:

 

Telephone Numbers:

1. 555-1234
2. 867-5309
3. 123-456-7890
4. 800-555-1212
5. 202-333-4567
6. 555-6767-890
7. 777-222-1010
8. 123-456-7878

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Five five five, dash, one two three four
2. Eight six seven, dash, five three zero nine
3. One two three, dash, four five six, dash, seven eight nine zero
4. Eight hundred, dash, five five five, dash, one two one two
5. Two zero two, dash, three three three, dash, four five six seven
6. Five five five, dash, six seven six seven, dash, eight nine zero
7. Seven seven seven, dash, two two two, dash, one zero one zero
8. One two three, dash, four five six, dash, seven eight seven eight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals

Instructions: Write the appropriate numerals for chapters of books, the numbers of buses, houses, taxis, and the sizes of clothes and shoes in words:

 

1. Open page 10, please.
2. He lives in apartment 18.
3. I usually take tram No. 5.
4. The meeting starts at 9 o’clock.
5. There are 20 students in the classroom.
6. She has 3 cats and 2 dogs.
7. We need to buy 10 kilogrammes of rice.
8. The marathon is 26.2 miles long.
9. The speed limit is 55 miles per hour.
10. He scored 15 points in the game.

 

 

 

     

       

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Open page ten, please.
2. He lives in apartment eighteen.
3. I usually take tram number five.
4. The meeting starts at nine o’clock.
5. There are twenty students in the classroom.
6. She has three cats and two dogs.
7. We need to buy ten kilogrammes of rice.
8. The marathon is twenty-six point two miles long.
9. The speed limit is fifty-five miles per hour.
10. He scored fifteen points in the game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in the Chronological Dates

Instructions: Write in words:

1. 1900
2. 1970
3. 2001
4. 2024
5. 1915
6. 1896
7. 1744
8. 1605

 

 

 

 

         

     

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Nineteen hundred
2. Nineteen seventy
3. Two thousand one
4. Twenty twenty-four
5. Nineteen fifteen
6. Eighteen ninety-six
7. Seventeen forty-four
8. Sixteen oh five

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Decades, centuries, millennia, and others expressed in numbers

Instructions: Write in words:

 

1. 24 hours
2. 7 days
3. 14 days
4. 30/31 days
5. 365 days
6. 366 days
7. 12 months
8. 1 biennium
9. 1 lustrum
10. 1 decade
11. 4 decades
12. 25 years
13. 50 years
14. 75 years
15. 1st century
16. 2nd century
17. 3rd century
18. 4th century
19. 5th century
20. 10th century
21. 20th century
22. 21st century
23. 22nd century
24. 30th century
25. 1st millennium
26. 2nd millennium
27. 3rd millennium
28. 4th millennium
29. 5th millennium

 

 

 

 

     

     

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. A day
2. A week
3. A fortnight
4. A month
5. A year
6. One leap year
7. A year
8. Two years
9. Five years
10. Ten years
11. Twenty years
12. Quarter century
13. Half-century
14. Three quarters of a century
15. First century
16. Second century
17. Third century
18. Fourth century
19. Fifth century
20. Tenth century
21. Twentieth century
22. Twenty-first century
23. Twenty-second century
24. Thirtieth century
25. First millennium
26. Second millennium
27. Third millennium
28. Fourth millennium
29. Fifth millennium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in The Percentages expressed as Fractions

Instructions: Write in words:

 

1. 25% = 25/100 = 1/4
2. 50% = 50/100 = 1/2
3. 75% = 75/100 = 3/4
4. 10% = 10/100 = 1/10
5. 20% = 20/100 = 1/5
6. 33% (repeating) = 33.33/100 = 1/3
7. 67% (repeating) = 66.67/100 = 2/3
8. 5% = 5/100 = 1/20
9. 15% = 15/100 = 3/20
10. 90% = 90/100 = 9/10

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

       Correct Answers:

 

1. 25% = Twenty-five percent = Twenty-five over one hundred = One-fourth
2. 50% = Fifty percent = Fifty over one hundred = One-half
3. 75% = Seventy-five percent = Seventy-five over one hundred = Three-fourths
4. 10% = Ten percent = Ten over one hundred = One-tenth
5. 20% = Twenty percent = Twenty over one hundred = One-fifth
6. 33% = Thirty-three point three-three percent = Thirty-three point three-three over one hundred = One-third (repeating)
7. 67% = Sixty-six point six-seven percent = Sixty-six point six-seven over one hundred = Two-thirds (repeating)
8. 5% = Five percent = Five over one hundred = One-twentieth
9. 15% = Fifteen percent = Fifteen over one hundred = Three-twentieths
10. 90% = Ninety percent = Ninety over one hundred = Nine-tenths

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise: Numerals in the Terms for Various Age Ranges

Instructions: Write the different words for people in each decade of age:

 

1. Between 20 and 29:
2. Between 30 and 39:
3. Between 40 and 49:
4. Between 50 and 59:
5. Between 60 and 69:
6. Between 70 and 79:
7. Between 80 and 89:
8. Between 90 and 99:
9. Between 100 and 109:
10. 110 years old and older:

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

      Correct Answers:

 

1. Between 20 and 29: Vicenarian
2. Between 30 and 39: Tricenarian
3. Between 40 and 49: Quadragenarian
4. Between 50 and 59: Quinquagenarian
5. Between 60 and 69: Sexagenarian
6. Between 70 and 79: Septuagenarian
7. Between 80 and 89: Octogenarian
8. Between 90 and 99: Nonagenarian
9. Between 100 and 109: Centenarian
10. 110 years old and older: Supercentenarian

 

 

 

 

 

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