Numbers as Words

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Numbers as Words

Learn to write numbers from one to twenty in English!

๐Ÿ“– Let’s Learn Number Words!

You already know how to count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5โ€ฆ But do you know how to write numbers as words? Each number has a name in English! Let’s learn them all from one to twenty.

๐Ÿ’ก Did You Know?

In English, when we write a sentence, we usually write small numbers (one to ten) as words, not as digits. For example, we write “I have three apples” instead of “I have 3 apples”!

๐Ÿ”ข 20 Number Words

Look at the picture, count the items, and learn the word!

1
One
one

I have one nose.

2
Two
two

I have two eyes.

3
Three
three

I have three pencils.

4
Four
four

A table has four legs.

5
Five
five

A hand has five fingers.

6
Six
six

I am six years old.

7
Seven
seven

A rainbow has seven colors.

8
Eight
eight

A spider has eight legs.

9
Nine
nine

I see nine birds.

10
Ten
ten

I have ten toes.

11
Eleven
eleven

There are eleven players on a team.

12
Twelve
twelve

A year has twelve months.

13
Thirteen
thirteen

I count thirteen stars.

14
Fourteen
fourteen

My sister is fourteen years old.

15
Fifteen
fifteen

There are fifteen apples in the basket.

16
Sixteen
sixteen

I drew sixteen circles.

17
Seventeen
seventeen

My brother is seventeen.

18
Eighteen
eighteen

I planted eighteen flowers.

19
Nineteen
nineteen

I read nineteen pages today.

20
Twenty
twenty

I can count to twenty!

๐ŸŽฎ Numbers Quiz

Test your number word knowledge!

How do you write 3 as a word?

How do you write 5 as a word?

A spider has ___ legs.

A year has ___ months.

A rainbow has ___ colors.

How do you write 20 as a word?

๐ŸŽ‰ Quiz Complete!

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Fun Fact

The number zero was invented in India by a mathematician named Brahmagupta over 1,400 years ago! Before zero existed, it was very hard to do math with big numbers.

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