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two million
five hundred 
inhabitants. 
Ordinal numerals 
are used with the addition of affixes -
th, -nd, -
rd 
to the end of the cardinal numeral: 1
st
< first, 2
nd
rd
4
th
th
th
th
show the order of persons or things in a series. In ordinal groups only 
the last number of the group takes the ordinal form and the ordinal 
numerals are used with the definite article 
the:
the sixty-fifth, the 
twenty-third. The ordinal numerals are used with the indefinite article 
when they do not show a definie order of persons or things in a series: 
“I’ve torn simply miles and miles of the frill”,wailed 
a third
( 
Mansfield). 
Fractional numerals
are used 
with the ordinal numeral
for the 
denominator:1/3< one 
third
, 2 3/5fifth
. Exeptions:1/2
< 
one half, ¼
Decimal
 fractional numarels
are used with 
the cardinal numerals: 3.8>three point 
eight, 
4.25 two five. 
Roman numerals 
are used for the names of kings and queens
 with the
ordinal number: 
Elizabeth II< Elizabeth the Second. 
In mathematics , a percentage ( from Latin per centum “by a 
hundred”) is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often 

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used to denote the percent sign “ %”, although the abbreviations “ pct”, 
and sometimes “pc” are also used. A percentage is a dimensionless 
number; it has no unit of measurement: 45%( read as forty-five 
percent) is equal to the fraction 45/100. Percentages are often used to 
express a proportionate part to a total. In Uzbek percentage in numeral 
is formed by the combination of the cardinal numeral and the word