Cardinal
and Ordinal Numbers
Cardinal numbers refer to the number of or quantity of something.
Ordinal numbers refer to the numeral positions of something.
Cardinal Numbers
Cardinal numbers refer to the number of or quantity of something.
· One
· Two
· Three
· Four
· Five
· Six
· Seven
· Eight
· Nine
· Ten
· Twenty-one
· Thirty-five
· Sixty-eight
· Etc.
· I have one dog.
· I need two pencils.
· We have three cars.
· I leave in four days.
· There are thirty students in
this class.
· I have one hundred pennies in
my piggy bank.
· We drove one thousand miles
across the country.
· I wish I had one million dollars.
Ordinal Numbers
Ordinal numbers refer to the numeral positions of something.
· First
· Second
· Third
· Fourth
· Fifth
· Sixth
· Seventh
· Eighth
· Ninth
· Tenth
· Twenty-first
· Thirty-fifth
· Sixty-eighth
· Etc.
· She came in first place in the
competition.
· This is my third time in
Hawaii.
· He is the seventh grandchild.
· For the tenth time, please turn
off the lights.
· My grandparents are celebrating their fiftieth wedding
anniversary.
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