Counting to 1,000 and Beyond

1 to 20

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
one	two	three	four	five	six	seven	eight	nine	ten

11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
eleven	twelve	thirteen	fourteen	fifteen	sixteen	seventeen	eighteen	nineteen	twenty

Join these:

20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90
twenty	thirty	forty	fifty	sixty	seventy	eighty	ninety

to these:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
-one	-two	-three	-four	-five	-six	-seven	-eight	-nine

ariel says forty four

Note that forty does not have a u but four does!

Write how many hundreds ("one hundred", "two hundred", etc), then the rest of the number as above.

In UK English use "hundred and".

ariel says one thousand

Write how many thousands ("one thousand", "two thousand", etc), then the rest of the number as above.

	US	UK
1,101	one thousand, one hundred one	one thousand, one hundred and one
15,016	fifteen thousand, sixteen	fifteen thousand, and sixteen
	(No hundreds? Don't write them! but the and is still needed in the UK)
112,621	one hundred twelve thousand, six hundred twenty-one	one hundred and twelve thousand, six hundred and twenty-one
999,999	nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine	nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine

Write how many millions then the rest of the number like above.

	US	UK
1,006,101	one million, six thousand, one hundred one	one million, six thousand, one hundred and one
191,232,891	one hundred ninety-one million, two hundred thirty-two thousand, eight hundred ninety-one	one hundred and ninety-one million, two hundred and thirty-two thousand, eight hundred and ninety-one
999,999,999	nine hundred ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine	nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine

Use the same method for:

When writing the number put commas every three digits like this:

1,006,101

When writing words some people use commas, some don't. Which do you prefer?