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How do you say the fraction 2/21? Is it "Two twenty-firsts"?

Question #142267. Asked by Jordanar18.
Last updated Feb 22 2016.
Originally posted Feb 22 2016 2:05 PM.

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From Wiki under ordinal numbers (linguistics) used in fractions: "When speaking the numbers in fractions, the spatial/chronological numbering system is used for denominators larger than 2..." The spatial/chronologicals are: first, second, third, ... twenty-first. etc. ........ link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_number_(linguistics)

Feb 22 2016, 2:38 PM
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The numerator is said in cardinal form (two in this case) and the denominator is said in the ordinal manner giving 2/21 said as two twenty-firsts.

Feb 22 2016, 2:40 PM
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