Numbers

Be fluent with basic Spanish number vocabulary from 0 to 100.
Learn to say, read and listen to numbers up to a million.
Recognize the difference in pronunciation between similar sounding numerals like ‘trece’ and ‘treinta’.
Practice spelling and pronunciation of multiples of 10 (diez, veinte, treinta, cuarenta, etc.).
Understand the pattern of compound numbers from 21 onwards (e.g., veintiuno, veintidos …..)
Understand how to convey hundreds (cien, doscientos, trescientos, etc.).
Remember to modify hundreds to match gender, e.g. ‘doscientas’ for feminine.
Learn the words for thousand (mil) and million (un millón).
Know how numbers are used in dates and years.
Remember that in Spanish, a period is used to indicate thousands and a comma for decimals.
Be versatile with fractions and percentages, useful in commerce and finance discussions.
Remember the Spanish “y” is used where English uses “and” in numbers e.g “twenty three” translates to “veintitrés”.
Learn ordinal numbers for expressing order or position, e.g. primero, segundo, tercero, etc.
Understand how to convey age, time and dates using numbers.
Practice listening to radio or TV news to get used to hearing large numbers.