Number Names – Counting 1 to 100

Learn the Names of Each Number & Start Counting

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Learning to count from 1 to 100 is easy. Learning how to spell the names of each number is easier. Here are a few steps to understand how to count to 100.

Counting 1 to 10

The first step is learning 1 to 10. You will need to memorize numbers, as they are the building blocks for the rest of the number sequences.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

 

Counting 11 to 19

 

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty

 

Counting 21 to 99

After you have made it to 20 (twenty) you simply match 1-10 with the next prefix:

  • 20 (twenty)
  • 30 (thirty)
  • 40 (forty)
  • 50 (fifty)
  • 60 (sixty)
  • 70 (seventy)
  • 80 (eighty)
  • 90 (ninety)

Here is how you count from 20 to 99.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
twenty-
one		 twenty-
two		 twenty-
three		 twenty-
four		 twenty-
five		 twenty-
six		 twenty-
seven		 twenty-
eight		 twenty-
nine		 thirty

 

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
thirty-
one		 thirty-
two		 thirty-
three		 thirty-
four		 thirty-
five		 thirty-
six		 thirty-
seven		 thirty-
eight		 thirty-
nine		 forty

 

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
forty-
one		 forty-
two		 forty-
three		 forty-
four		 forty-
five		 forty-
six		 forty-
seven		 forty-
eight		 forty-
nine		 fifty

 

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
fifty-
one		 fifty-
two		 fifty-
three		 fifty-
four		 fifty-
five		 fifty-
six		 fifty-
seven		 fifty-
eight		 fifty-
nine		 sixty

 

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
sixty-
one		 sixty-
two		 sixty-
three		 sixty-
four		 sixty-
five		 sixty-
six		 sixty-
seven		 sixty-
eight		 sixty-
nine		 seventy

 

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
seventy-
one		 seventy-
two		 seventy-
three		 seventy-
four		 seventy-
five		 seventy-
six		 seventy-
seven		 seventy-
eight		 seventy-
nine		 eighty

 

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
eighty-
one		 eighty-
two		 eighty-
three		 eighty-
four		 eighty-
five		 eighty-
six		 eighty-
seven		 eighty-
eight		 eighty-
nine		 ninety

 

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
ninety-
one		 ninety-
two		 ninety-
three		 ninety-
four		 ninety-
five		 ninety-
six		 ninety-
seven		 ninety-
eight		 ninety-
nine		 one
hundred

How to Spell 40 (Forty) vs 4 (Four)

One thing to remember this that the number 4 is spelled with a “u”. The number 40 is not. Thus, 40 is spelled Forty not Fourty.