ORDNINALS & CARDINALS

1. Miss. Bravo
Lengua Extranjera
THE NUMBERS

2. NUMBER DEFINITION
 a unit belonging to an abstract mathematical
system.
 a word or symbol (such as “five” or “16”) that
represents a specific amount or quantity.
 MERRIAM WEBSTER

3. CARDINAL NUMBERS
 Cardinal numbers say how many (quantity) people or
things there are.
Example:
I bought 3 apples for lunch.
I have 2 sisters.
My Brother bought only 2 tickets for the Movies.

5. ORDINAL NUMBERS
 Ordinal numbers are used to put things in order. This
can be anything from an address to the position a
runner finishes in a race.
 Ordinal numbers always have a suffix tacked onto the
end either
ST / ND/ RD / TH.
 Example:
 She lives on 26th Street.
 He finished in 3rd place.

6. RULES
 1. When a number ends with 1, the suffix at the
end is -st.
 2. When a number ends with 2, the suffix at the
end is -nd.
 3. When a number ends with 3, the suffix at the
end is -rd.
 4. When a number that ends with 0,4,5,6,7,8 or 9
uses the suffix -th (Including 10th, 100th, etc).