Therefore we first write ‘twenty’.Ģ1 ends in a ‘1’ in the units column and so we simply write a ‘one’ after the ‘twenty’.Ģ1 is written in words as ‘twenty-one’. All 2-digit whole numbers that start with a ‘2’ digit are in the twenties.Ģ1 starts with a ‘2’ and so it is in the twenties. We will first learn how to read numbers in the twenties in words.Ģ0 is the number twenty. Here is a list of the multiples of ten written in words: The numbers ‘one’ to ‘nine’ repeat, written after each new multiple of ten. There should always be a hyphen ‘-‘ separating the multiple of ten and the number given by the units digit. To read numbers to 100 in words, first read the multiple of ten given by the tens digit and then read the units digit immediately afterwards. We will continue by looking at the pattern in reading the numbers from 20 to 100. Here are the numbers from one to twenty written in words.īefore teaching reading numbers to 100 in words, it is first important to be familiar with the numbers to twenty.