Tagalog Numbers in Use

Tagalog, English and Spanish-derived numbers are often used interchangeably. The tables below show the preferred language(s) in everyday conversation.

Dates

October 3 (three)

1970 (nineteen seventy)

Time

limang minuto, five minutes

limang oras, five hours

Clock time

three o’clock, alas tres

Age

tatlong taon, three years old

Percentage

sampung porsyento, ten percent

Money

1 – piso

2 – dalawang piso, two pesos

10 – sampung piso, ten pesos

20 – dalawampung piso, twenty pesos, bente pesos

50 – limampung piso, fifty pesos, singkwenta pesos

75 – seventy-five pesos

100 – sandaang piso, one hundred pesos

Length	limang metro, five meters limang kilometro, five kilometers
Volume	limang kutsarita, five teaspoons limang kutsara, five tablespoons limang tasa, five cups limang litro, five liters limang galon, five gallons
Weight	limang kilo, five kilos five pounds
Addresses	5 (five) Ipil Street 1100 (one one zero zero)
Grade levels	grade one fourth year
Other	limang pares (5 pairs) limang dosena (5 dozens)

See also: Cardinal numbers (p. 236), Clock time (p. 266)

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