Numbers 0 to 100 and Powers of Ten in English Words
A compact cheat sheet for the building blocks of every English number word.
Zero to nineteen
| 0 zero | 5 five | 10 ten | 15 fifteen |
| 1 one | 6 six | 11 eleven | 16 sixteen |
| 2 two | 7 seven | 12 twelve | 17 seventeen |
| 3 three | 8 eight | 13 thirteen | 18 eighteen |
| 4 four | 9 nine | 14 fourteen | 19 nineteen |
The tens
| 20 twenty | 50 fifty | 80 eighty |
| 30 thirty | 60 sixty | 90 ninety |
| 40 forty | 70 seventy | 100 one hundred |
Spelling traps: forty has no u (unlike four and fourteen), fifteen and fifty use f, not v, and eighty has only one t after the g.
Everything in between
Join a tens word and a units word with a hyphen: 21 twenty-one, 38 thirty-eight, 99 ninety-nine.
Powers of ten (short scale)
| Power | Zeros | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 103 | 3 | thousand |
| 106 | 6 | million |
| 109 | 9 | billion |
| 1012 | 12 | trillion |
| 1015 | 15 | quadrillion |
| 1018 | 18 | quintillion |
| 1021 | 21 | sextillion |
| 1024 | 24 | septillion |
| 1027 | 27 | octillion |
| 1030 | 30 | nonillion |
| 1033 | 33 | decillion |
Numbrate accepts whole numbers of up to 36 digits, so it can write numbers well beyond a decillion. Other languages use their own names for these scales; see long scale vs short scale.
Frequently asked questions
What comes after trillion?
Quadrillion, then quintillion, sextillion, septillion, octillion, nonillion and decillion in the short scale.
How many zeros are in a billion?
Nine zeros in the short scale: 1,000,000,000.