Aprendemos a contar con números grandes.

(We learn to count with large numbers.)

  1. For the hundreds, you use "ciento", space, and add the next number. Example: Ciento diez (110)
  2. For the thousands, you use "mil", space, and add the next number. Example: Mil veinte (1.020)
  3. Mil (1,000), millón (1,000,000), mil millones (1,000,000,000), billón (1,000,000,000,000).
  4. A dot (.) is used to separate thousands. Example: 1.000
  5. A comma (,) is used to separate the whole number from the decimal part. Example: 3,14

Centenas 

Número (Number)Ejemplo (Example)
100: Cien (One hundred)101: Ciento uno (One hundred one)
200: Doscientos (Two hundred)245: Doscientos cuarenta y cinco (Two hundred forty-five)
300: Trescientos (Three hundred)379: Trescientos setenta y nueve (Three hundred seventy-nine)
400: Cuatrocientos (Four hundred)456: Cuatrocientos cincuenta y seis (Four hundred fifty-six)
500: Quinientos (Five hundred)582: Quinientos ochenta y dos (Five hundred eighty-two)
600: Seiscientos (Six hundred)625: Seiscientos veinticinco (Six hundred twenty-five)
700: Setecientos (Seven hundred)749: Setecientos cuarenta y nueve (Seven hundred forty-nine)
800: Ochocientos (Eight hundred)873: Ochocientos setenta y tres (Eight hundred seventy-three)
900: Novecientos (Nine hundred)918: Novecientos dieciocho (Nine hundred eighteen)

Exceptions!

  1. "Una centena" or "Un centenar" means 100. Example: "Un centenar de personas" (About one hundred people).
  2. "Un millar" is 1000. Example: "Un millar de personas" (Around one thousand people).
  3. The Spanish billion (1,000,000,000,000) - called billón - is not the same as the English billion (1,000,000,000).

Exercise 1: Números cardinales: centenas, miles, millones

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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quinientos ochenta y nueve, ochocientos sesenta y cuatro, cuatrocientos setenta y seis, novecientos noventa y nueve, novecientos veintiuno, doscientos treinta y ocho, seiscientos cuarenta y dos, trescientos quince

1. 315:
...
(Three hundred and fifteen)
2. 238:
...
(Two hundred and thirty-eight)
3. 589:
...
(Five hundred and eighty-nine)
4. 921:
...
(Nine hundred and twenty-one)
5. 476:
...
(Four hundred and seventy-six)
6. 642:
...
(Six hundred and forty-two)
7. 999:
...
(Nine hundred and ninety-nine)
8. 864:
...
(Eight hundred and sixty-four)

Exercise 2: Multiple choice

Instruction: Choose the correct answer

1. En mi empresa hay _________ treinta y cinco empleados.

My company has _________ thirty-five employees.)

2. En esta reunión somos _________ veinte personas.

There are _________ twenty people at this meeting.)

3. Mi nuevo número de teléfono es _________ quince, treinta y dos, noventa y ocho.

My new phone number is _________ fifteen, thirty-two, ninety-eight.)

4. En la cuenta del restaurante hay _________ doscientos euros.

The restaurant bill is _________ two hundred euros.)

Exercise 3: Rewrite the phrases

Instruction: Rewrite the sentences by writing numbers in the hundreds and thousands in words, as in the example: 245 → two hundred and forty-five.

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  1. En mi empresa hay 100 empleados.
    ⇒ _______________________________________________ Example
    En mi empresa hay cien empleados.
    (There are one hundred employees at my company.)
  2. En mi clase hay 245 estudiantes en total.
    ⇒ _______________________________________________ Example
    En mi clase hay doscientos cuarenta y cinco estudiantes en total.
    (There are two hundred forty-five students in my class in total.)
  3. Hint Hint (número) Mi nuevo número de teléfono es 625 918.
    ⇒ _______________________________________________ Example
    Mi nuevo número de teléfono es seiscientos veinticinco nueve dieciocho.
    (My new phone number is six hundred twenty-five nine eighteen.)
  4. Hint Hint (personas) En Madrid viven 3.100.000 personas.
    ⇒ _______________________________________________ Example
    En Madrid viven tres millones cien mil personas.
    (Three million one hundred thousand people live in Madrid.)
  5. Hint Hint (millar) En la conferencia hay 1.000 personas.
    ⇒ _______________________________________________ Example
    En la conferencia hay un millar de personas.
    (There are one thousand people at the conference.)
  6. En el concierto hay 900 personas, en el estadio hay 1.000 personas.
    ⇒ _______________________________________________ Example
    En el concierto hay novecientas personas; en el estadio hay mil personas.
    (There are nine hundred people at the concert; there are one thousand people at the stadium.)

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