Ordinal Numbers: Overview, Questions, Preparation

Numbers can be of different types, such as ordinal numbers, cardinal numbers, and nominal numbers. In this article, we shall discuss ordinal numbers. In the case of ordinal numbers, an exact position of something or a person at any place is indicated using the adjective terms to denote a number. The numbers indicating the positions are written as 1st or first, 2nd or second, 3rd or third, 4th or fourth, 5th or fifth, 6th or sixth, and so on.

Here is a list of ordinal numbers from 1 – 50.

1st or Firs	2nd or second	3rd or third	4th  or fourth	5th or fifth
6th or sixth	7th or seventh	8th or eighth	9th  or ninth	10th or  tenth
11th or eleventh	12th or twelfth	13th or thirteenth	14th  fourteenth	15th fifteenth
16th or sixteenth	17th or seventeenth	18th or  eighteenth	19th or Nineteenth	20th or  Twentieth
21st or Twenty-First	22nd or Twenty-Second	23rd or Twenty-Third	24th or  Twenty-Fourth	25th  or Twenty-Fifth
26th or Twenty-Sixth	27th or Twenty-Seventh	28th or  Twenty-Eighth	29th or Twenty-Ninth	30th or Thirtieth
31st or Thirty-First	32nd or Thirty-Second	33rd or Thirty-Third	34th or Thirty-Fourth	35th or Thirty-Fifth
36th or Thirty-Sixth	37th or Thirty-Seventh	38th or Thirty-Eighth	39th or Thirty-Ninth	40th or  Fortieth
41st or Forty-First	42nd or Forty-Second	43rd or Forty-Third	44th or Forty-Fourth	45th or Forty-Fifth
46th or Forty-Sixth	47th or Forty-Seventh	48th or Forty-Eighth	49th or Forty-Ninth	50th or Fiftieth

Cardinal numbers are counting numbers in their noun form to represent the number of living or non-living things. For example, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and so on. There are four books on the table. I take two spoons of sugar in my tea; she has ten different pens, etc.

Nominal numbers are the numbers used for different purposes, such as identifying objects, devices, or areas. Like area pin code, numbers on the vehicles, IP address of a device, or a player’s jersey number in any match. For example, Virat Kohli’s jersey number is 18, or an area pin code like 700001, etc.

Q: Where are ordinal numbers used?

Q: Give some instances of the usage of ordinal numbers in real life.

Q: State the difference between ordinal, nominal, and cardinal numbers.

Q: How does it help in the ranking?

Q: What is the ordinal number for 1000?