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Numbers and Phone Numbers

Goal Count to 100 and say phone numbers.

NUMBERS

1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight,
9 nine, 10 ten, 11 eleven, 12 twelve, 13 thirteen, 20 twenty,
30 thirty, 40 forty, 50 fifty, 100 one hundred.

Be careful:

PHONE NUMBERS

We say each number one by one. "0" is "oh" or "zero".
0412 345 678 = "oh-four-one-two, three-four-five, six-seven-eight"
"Double" = the same number twice: 55 = "double five".

DIALOGUE

Tom What's your phone number?
Priya It's 0433 219 870.
Tom Sorry, can you say that again, slowly?

PRACTICE

Write these in words: 15, 50, 72, 99.

Show answers

fifteen, fifty, seventy-two, ninety-nine

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