Learn about Numbers

How high can you count?

How about counting to one hundred or one thousand? 

Cardinal Numbers

The numbers you use for counting are called "cardinal numbers", for example:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...

eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen...

Here are some other "cardinal numbers" you need to remember for counting:

Ordinal Numbers

The numbers you use to talk about the order of things are called "ordinal numbers", for example:

My horse came in first.

I was the fifth person in line.

Here are the first ten ordinal numbers:

Multiples

Sometimes numbers aren't expressed in cardinal or ordinal numbers.

Here are a few examples:

half (1/2)

single (1)

double (x2)

triple (x3)

quadruple (x4)

a pair/couple (2)

a few (2 or 3)

several (more than 3 but not many)

a dozen (12)

a half dozen (6)