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

21 to 99

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

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

 Examples:

53		fifty-three
60		sixty
72		seventy-two
99		ninety-nine

100 to 999

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

Examples:

				UK
101				one hundred and one
116				one hundred and sixteen
144				one hundred and forty-four
212				two hundred and twelve
271				two hundred and seventy-one
621				six hundred and twenty-one
999				nine hundred and ninety-nine

 1,000 to 999,999

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

Examples:

			UK
1,101			one thousand, one hundred and one
15,016			fifteen thousand, and sixteen
112,621			one hundred and twelve thousand, six hundred and twenty-one
999,999			nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine

Millions and More

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

Examples:

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

Use the same method for:

Billion	1,000,000,000
Trillion	1,000,000,000,000
Quadrillion	1,000,000,000,000,000
Quintillion	etc ...
Sextillion
Septillion
Octillion
Nonillion
Decillion
Undecillion
Duodecillion
Tredecillion
Quattuordecillion
Quindecillion
Sexdecillion
Septemdecillion
Octodecillion
Novemdecillion
Vigintillion	1 followed by 63 zeros!

Commas

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

1,006,101

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