Se forman mediante dos o más numerales cardinales simples.
numeral 21-99 | = | decenas 20-90 | - guión | unidades 1-9 |
21 twenty-one 43 forty-three 68 sixty-eight 99 ninety-nine |
numeral 100-999 | = | unidades 1-9 | hundred and | numeral 1-99 |
100 one hundred 107 one hundred and seven 113 one hundred and thirteen 150 one hundred and fifty 175 one hundred and seventy-five 659 six hundred and fifty-nine 718 seven hundred and eighteen 999 nine hundred and ninety-nine |
numeral 1000-9.999 (*) | = | unidades 1-9 | thousand | and numeral 1-99 |
numeral 100-999 |
1,000 one thousand 1,102 one thousand one hundred and two 1,102 eleven hundred and two 2,604 two thousand six hundred and four 7,050 seven thousand and fifty |
(*) Cuando se expresan cantidades referidas a años, los numerales no actúan como determinantes sino como sustantivos.
La expresión en letra de los años no es uniforme, dependiendo de los usos y los ámbitos linguísticos, debiéndose tener en cuenta lo siguiente:
1061 ten sixty-one
1806 eighteen hundred and six / eighteen oh six
1965 nineteen sixty-five
Sin embargo hay ciertas excepciones y usos que no siguen el desdoblamiento en decenas:
0 zero
16 sixteen
55 fifty five
1000 one thousand
2000 two thousand
1064 one thousand and sixty-four
2009 two thousand and nine
1300 thirteen hundred
1700 seventeen hundred
numeral 10.000-99.999 | = | numeral 10-99 | thousand | and numeral 1-99 |
numeral 100-999 |
12,100 twelve thousand one hundred 50,012 fifty thousand and twelve 67,522 sixty-seven thousand five hundred and twenty-two |
numeral 100.000-999.999 | = | numeral 100-999 | thousand | and numeral 1-99 |
numeral 100-999 |
100,001 one hundred thousand and one 117,815 one hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and fifteen 200,018 two hundred thousand and eighteen 890,345 eight hundred and ninety thousand three hundred and forty-five |
numeral 1.000.000-999.999.999 | = | numeral 1-999 | million | and numeral 1-99 |
numeral 100-999.999 |
1,000,000 one million 3,000,014 three million and fourteen 7,777,777 seven million seven hundred and seventy seven thousand seven hundred and seventy seven |