Numbers: Tens (A1 Vocabulary)

These are the tens. twenty is 20, thirty is 30, forty is 40, fifty is 50.

Twenty to fifty

• twenty /ˈtwɛn.ti/ — twenty people
• thirty /ˈθɜːr.ti/ — thirty days
• forty /ˈfɔːr.ti/ — forty cars
• fifty /ˈfɪf.ti/ — fifty dollars
• Try it: Choose the word: 30 (thirty / thirteen / fifty) Answer: thirty — 30 = thirty. Take care: thirty is 30, thirteen is 13.

Sixty to one hundred

The tens keep going up to one hundred. sixty is 60, seventy is 70, eighty is 80, ninety is 90, and one hundred is 100.

• sixty /ˈsɪk.sti/ — sixty minutes
• seventy /ˈsɛv.ən.ti/ — seventy pages
• eighty /ˈeɪ.ti/ — eighty years
• ninety /ˈnaɪn.ti/ — ninety seconds
• one hundred /ˌwʌn ˈhʌn.drəd/ — one hundred steps
• Try it: Choose the word: 60 (sixty / sixteen / eighty) Answer: sixty — 60 = sixty. Take care: sixty is 60, sixteen is 16.