Writing and Saying Numbers in Spanish 1-100

In the previous lesson, we learned how to write and use numbers from 1 to 20. In this lesson, we will review Spanish numbers 1-20 and learn more about numbers 20-100, so that we can write and pronounce all Spanish numbers 1-100 correctly. We have included many examples of sentences and common phrases with these words, simple explanations, and very interesting interactive exercises. Let’s begin…

Vocabulary: Writing Spanish numbers 1-100

We will begin the lesson with a great image containing most of the numbers in Spanish 1-100. You may notice that not all numbers appear since there is a pattern to saying and writing many of them, for example: “treinta y uno”(31),”treinta y dos”(32), “treinta y tres” (33), etc. We have added the numbers in words that have a unique spelling, such as the numbers 1 through 10, or the numbers “dieciséis”(16) and “veintiuno”(21)

Interactive exercise No. 1

Write the numbers in Spanish 1-20 under the following flashcards.

Making sentences with numbers in Spanish 20 – 30

In order to write and say numbers in Spanish 20-30, we will follow a very simple pattern, which consists of the prefix VEINTI- plus a digit from one to nine, “un dígito del uno al nueve”. As an illustration, let’s take the number twenty-two. The “twenty” part will be translated as VEINTI- so we simply need to add the number DOS and say “VEINTIDÓS”, making a single word out of two numbers. Please mind the “tilde” for some of these numbers. The key is to know how to use numbers from one to ten in Spanish. Know that the number twenty by itself will be written as “VEINTE”.

Numbers 20-29 in written form

veinte, veintiuno, veintidós, veintitrés, veinticuatro, veinticinco, veintiséis, veintisiete, veintiocho, veintinueve

Listen to some sentences with numbers in Spanish from 20 to 30 below and the way they can be used to count people, say prices and tell others how old you are.

VEINTE – Hay veinte personas en la clase

There are 20 people in the class

VEINTIUNO – Yo tengo el número veintiuno

I have the number twenty one

VEINTICINCO – ¿Tú tienes veinticinco años?

Are you twenty five years old?

VEINTISIETE- Esta camisa vale veintisiete dólares

This shirt is twenty seven dollars

TREINTA – La empresa tiene treinta trabajadores.

The empresa has thirty workers

Interactive exercise No. 2

Fill in the blanks with the missing numbers 1-30 in Spanish in each sequence, and then check your answers.

How to write and say numbers in Spanish 30-100

In order to write and say most numbers in Spanish after 30, we will first have to learn the tens, that is “TREINTA”, “CUARENTA”, “CINCUENTA” and so on. These words are the basis to form numbers from 30 through 100. For number in between 30 and 40, for instance, we will write the ten e.g. TREINTA, then we will add the conjunction “Y” in the middle and finally a digit from 1 to 9.

Using Spanish numbers 20-100 in Sententes

As an example, the number “thirty-four” is composed of the ten TREINTA and the digit CUATRO so we can write this number as “Treinta y cuatro”. Notice that unlike Spanish numbers like “VEINTIUNO”, we must write the numbers independently, so writing “TREINTAYCUATRO” would be incorrect. Below, you can read and listen to some sentences using numbers in Spanish from 30 to 100. Check how the rules we explained are applied in the examples.

TREINTA Y CINCO – Treinta y cinco razones para estudiar español

Thirty five reasons to study Spanish

CUARENTA – Hay cuarenta personas en la clase.

There are forty people in the class

CUARENTA Y SIETE – Mi mamá tiene cuarenta y siete años

My mother is 47 years old

CINCUENTA – ¿Podrías prestarme cincuenta dólares?

Could you lend me 50 dollars?

SESENTA – Una hora tiene sesenta minutos

An hour has 60 minutes

SETENTA – Hay setenta posibilidades.

There are 70 possibilities

OCHENTA – Un pueblo pequeño con ochenta casas

A small town with 80 houses

NOVENTA – Mi teléfono tiene noventa aplicaciones.

My phone has 90 apps

NOVENTA Y NUEVE – El Noventa y nueve está cerca del cien

99 is close to 100

CIEN – Así que aprendiste cien números.

So you learned 100 numbers

Interactive exercise No. 3

Drag and drop the names of these Spanish numbers above 20 below the correct numerals, and then check your answers.

Closing remarks and exercises with Spanish Numbers 1-100

As you can see from all the examples provided in the lesson, all numbers in the language are really useful for many different purposes. It often takes years for kids to learn numbers from 1 to 100. Constant practice is the key to master this topic. Make sure you also find real situations in which you can use Spanish numbers. Our example should guide you to create your own. Before you go, test yourself with the quiz below. ¡Buena suerte! ¡Hasta pronto!

Interactive exercise No. 4

Read these sentences with Spanish numbers 1-100, and fill in the blanks with the written form of the numbers in parentheses.