Learn about Numbers

How high can you count?

Here is a poem to help you remember the numbers 1-10.

One, two, buckle my shoe
Three, four, shut the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen

Now, can you count higher? How about counting to one hundred or one thousand? Use the counting chart to practice saying and writing the numbers 1-100. Then try the counting quiz. Soon you will be able to count to one billion!

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:

0 zero
1 one
10 ten
100 one hundred
1,000 one thousand
1,000,000 one million
1,000,000,000 one billion

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:

first 1st sixth 6th
second 2nd seventh 7th
third 3rd eighth 8th
fourth 4th ninth 9th
fifth 5th tenth 10th

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)

Are you ready to try some maths? How about a trivia game?