Rather, they identify a person, a place, or an item of personal data. I’d like to find out how many Americans know where zip code 90210 is located.Įddie, you should probably choose a security code other than 123456.Īs we can see, the underlined numbers do not provide information about a quantity or a sequence. I think that 88 is the football team’s fastest wide receiver.
They name or label something distinctively, such as a jersey number, mailing information, or a password. Nominal numbers identify rather than count or order. Numbers in writing include another category as well: nominal numbers. They do not express quantities, an important distinction from cardinal numbers.Ĭardinal numbers-also known as counting numbers-specify quantities (e.g., five, seven) but not order or rank, an important distinction from ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers indicate rank, order, or position (e.g., first, third). This is the third time this summer they’ve played thrash-metal music at the community swimming pool. Aniyah has five framed professional certificates on her office wall.Ĥ. Donetta took first place in the spelling bee.Ģ. Recognizable enough in our checkbooks and calculators, numbers also have their own categories in writing.įor example, the following sentences contain both ordinal and cardinal numbers:ġ. We are familiar with numbers and the function they serve: We use and look at them just about every day.
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