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  1. For hundreds and thousands, numbers are written together, without spaces: centouno (101).
  2. A point (.) is used to separate thousands. Example: 2.000.
Numero (Number)Esempio (Example)
100: Cento (One hundred)102: Centodue (One hundred and two)
200: Duecento (Two hundred)245: Duecentoquarantacinque (Two hundred forty-five)
300: Trecento (Three hundred)379: Trecentosettantanove (three hundred seventy-nine)
400: Quattrocento (Four hundred)456: Quattrocentocinquantasei (Four hundred and fifty-six)
1.000: Mille (Thousand)1.098: Millenovantotto (One thousand ninety-eight)
2.000: Duemila (Two thousand)2.115: Duemilacentoquindici (Two thousand one hundred fifteen)
1.000.000: Un milione (One million)1.500.000: Un milione cinquecentomila (One million five hundred thousand)

Exceptions!

  1. Mille does not take the article: you say 'mille persone'.
  2. Milione is a noun, it requires 'di': 'un milione di euro'.

Exercise 1: Numeri grandi: centinaia, migliaia, milioni

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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tre milioni cinquataduemila, centocinquantasette, cinquecentocinquantadue, settecentocinquantaquattro, novemilaquattrocentouno, millenovecentonovantanove, trecentounidici, diecimilacentoventitre

1. 9.401:
...
(Nine thousand four hundred one)
2. 1.999:
...
(One thousand nine hundred ninety-nine)
3. 754:
...
(Seven hundred and fifty-four)
4. 311:
...
(Three hundred and nineteen)
5. 157:
...
(One hundred and fifty-seven)
6. 552:
...
(Five hundred and fifty-two)
7. 10.123:
...
(Ten thousand one hundred and twenty-three)
8. 3.052.000:
...
(Three million fifty-two thousand)

Exercise 2: Multiple Choice

Instruction: Choose the correct solution

1. Ho comprato ____ mele al mercato stamattina.

(I bought twenty-one apples at the market this morning.)

2. Abbiamo bisogno di ____ sedie per la riunione.

(We need forty-eight chairs for the meeting.)

3. Ci sono ____ libri nella biblioteca.

(There are one hundred and twenty books in the library.)

4. Ho visto ____ persone alla festa ieri sera.

(I saw two hundred and forty-five people at the party last night.)

5. Ci sono ____ studenti nella classe.

(There are forty-nine students in the class.)

6. È arrivato a casa alle ____.

(He arrived home at six o'clock.)