Numbers 2° grade

Types of numbers

Cardinal and Ordinal numbers

Cardinal numbers say how many people or things there are.

Examples:

• There are five books on the desk.

• Ron is ten years old.

Ordinal numbers are numbers that tell you the position of someone or something in a group or list. Ordinal numbers tell order. 
Examples:

• fourth (4th)

• fifth (5th)

They are numbers that tell you the position of someone or something in a group or list. Ordinal numbers tell order. 

​We can use ordinal numbers to tell the order people finish in a race.

​​Use 1.

We can use ordinal numbers to tell the order of steps in a recipe.

​​Use 2.

​We can use ordinal numbers to tell the order of steps in instructions.

Use 3.