003/17 Numbers

NUMBERS

Primary 2   number 1 to twenty.

Primary 3   number 1 to thousand.

Primary 4   number 1 to millions.

1 one

2 two

3 three

4 four

5 five

6 six

7 seven

8 eight

9 nine

10 ten

11 eleven

12 twelve

13 thirteen

14 fourteen

15 fifteen

16 sixteen

17 seventeen

18 eighteen

19 nineteen

20 twenty

Cardinal numbers and Ordinal numbers

Cardinal numbers
Cardinal numbers indicate quantity
What is a cardinal number? Cardinal numbers are numbers that describe quantity, like one pot, two kettles, or three pans.

Ordinal numbers

Ordinal numbers indicate position

What is an ordinal number? Ordinal numbers are numbers that signify relative position, like first in line at the café, second person to comment on Brenda’s new glasses this morning, or third time Kendall has had to tell her friends that she works Friday nights and can only go dancing on Saturdays.