Unit 8.1

Cardinal numbers: Millions

Introduction

Cardinal numbers give information about how many people or things there are.

Million numbers are from 1,000,000 onwards.

The million numbers have one million as its base.

Plain form: number + 000,000
Their name is: how the number in the beginning is called + million
After the million number, the other numbers need to be mentioned as normal (thousand number & hundred number & ten number)

Millions from 1,000,000 to 9,000,000	Millions + thousands	Millions + thousands + hundreds
one million	one million one thousand	one million one thousand one hundred
two millions	one million two thousands	one million one thousand two hundred
three millions	one million three thousands	one million one thousand three hundred
four millions	one million four thousands	one million one thousand four hundred
five millions	one million five thousands	one million one thousand five hundred
six millions	one million six thousands	one million one thousand six hundred
seven millions	one million seven thousands	one million one thousand seven hundred
eight millions	one million eight thousands	one million one thousand eight hundred
nine millions	one million nine thousands	one million one thousand nine hundred

1,000,000 (one million)
3,960,723 (three millions nine hundred sixty thousand seven hundred and twenty-three)

We normally use the singular form of the numbers - when we are naming a concrete figure.

We use the plural form of millions when we are not speaking about a concrete number, but in general terms. We don’t even use a whole number for that:

As these numbers are pretty long, there are generally written in figures, otherwise, the message it will be too long and easy to be misunderstood.