Understanding ordinal Numbers

​Ordinal Numbers

• are used to show position, ranking or order of numbers.

• These numbers show SEQUENCE and NOT QUANTITY.

• Ordinal numbers are easy to read if you know how to read normal numbers.

  three ----> third

  four ----> fourth

  five -----> fifth

Multiple Choice

Third

• 3rd

• 2nd

• 3th

Multiple Choice

fourth

• 5th

• 6th

• 4th

Lets keep going!

• six ------> sixth

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• seven ------> seventh

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eight ------> eighth

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nine ----> ninth

• ten -----> tenth

Multiple Choice

sixth

• 9th

• 6th

• 1st

Multiple Choice

eighth

• 8th

• 9th

• 2nd

Multiple Choice

9th

• nine

• ninth

• nineteenth