Indonesian Numbers and Rules for Writing Numbers in Indonesian

The Mention of Numbers in Indonesia From one to 1 trillion

Indonesian numbers 1 - 1 trillion desgined by Ffeepik

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In English	Meaning
1. One	Satu
2. Two	Dua
3. Three	Tiga
4. Four	Empat
5. Five	Lima
6. Six	Enam
7. Seven	Tujuh
8. Eight	Delapan
9. Nine	Sembilan
10. Ten	Sepuluh
11. Eleven	Sebelas
12. Twelve	Dua belas
13. Thirteen	Tiga belas
14. Fourteen	Empat belas
15. Fifteen	Lima belas
16. Sixteen	Enam belas
17. Seventeen	Tujuh belas
18. Eighteen	Delapan belas
19. Nineteen	Sembilan belas
20. Twenty	Dua puluh
21. Twenty-one	Dua puluh satu
22. Twenty-two	Dua puluh dua
23. Twenty-thee	Dua puluh tiga
24. Twenty-four	Dua puluh empat
25. Twenty-five	Dua puluh lima
26. Twenty-six	Dua puluh enam
27. Twenty-seven	Dua puluh tujuh
28. Twenty-eight	Dua puluh delapan
29. Twenty-nine	Dua puluh sembilan
30. Thirty	Tiga puluh
31. Forty	Empat Puluh
31. Fifty	Lima puluh
32. Sixty	Enam puluh
33. Seventy	Tujuh puluh
34. Eighty	Delapan puluh
35. Ninety	Sembilan puluh
36. Hundred	Seratus
37. Two hundred	Dua ratus
38. Three hundred	Tiga ratus
39. Four hundred	Empat ratus
40. Five hundred	Lima ratus
41. Thousand	Seribu
42. Ten Thousand	Sepuluh ribu
43. Hundred Thousand	Seratus ribu
44. Million	Satu Juta
45. Billion	Satu Milyar
46. Trillion	Satu Trilyun

Example of Numbers in Indonesian 1.997 =  one thousand nine hundred and ninety seven               seribu sembilan ratus sembilan puluh tujuh
7.111.997 = tujuh juta seratus sebelas ribu sembilan ratus sembilan puluh tujuh                  7        1        11            9             9          7
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Rules For Writing Numbers in indonesian

can not be denied, if we will meet with numbers in every day, in indonesian we can declare a number with spelling out numbers vs. using figures (also called numerals). now course bahasa will tell you the rules how to writing numbers in indonesian.

Numbers in text that can be expressed with one or two words are written with letters, unless used in sequence as in the details 

• Mereka menonton film sebanyak 3 kali
    They watched the movie three times.
• Saya memiliki lebih dari dua juta kertas
     I have over two million papers
• Di antara 20 anggota yang hadir, 9 tidak setuju, 10 setuju, dan 1 abstain
      Among the 20 members present, 9 disagreed, 10 agreed, and 1 abstained

Numbers at the beginning of a sentence are written with letters.

• Tiga Pemenang lomba diundang ke lampung
     Three winners of the competition were invited to lampung.
• fifty model students get scholarships from local government.

If the number at the beginning of a sentence can not be expressed in one or two words, the order of the sentence is changed.

• the local government provides scholarships to 251 exemplary students
     Pemerintah daerah memberikan beasiswa kepada 251 siswa teladan

Figures showing large numbers can be written in part with letters to make them easier to read. 

• Ia mendapatkan 250 milyar dolar untuk membangun usahanya
     He received 250 billion dollar to develop his business 
• Perusahaan itu baru saja mendapat pinjaman 10 triliun rupiah.
     The company has just received a 10 trillion rupiah loan.

Figures used to indicate the length, weight, area, content, timing and value for money.

•  0,9 sentimeter
• 1 kilogram
• 3 kilometer
• 51 liter
• 3 tahun 2 bulan 5 hari
• 4 jam 25 menit
• Rp200.500,00
• US$200,50

Figures used to name the address, such as roads, houses, apartments, or rooms.

• Jalan Kartini I No. 4 atau
• Jalan H M.Salim I/5
• Jalan Sultan Agung No. 45
• Hotel Morison, Kamar 1495

Figures used to name part of a bouquet or verse of scripture. 

• Bab V, Pasal 9, hal 100
• Surah Ar-Rahman: 10
• Markus 11: 1—5

Writing numbers that get the suffix -an (showing the time period) is done in the following way.

tahun 1950-an (tahun seribu sembilan ratus lima puluhan)

The number used as the element of the geographic name is written in letters.

• Kelapadua
• Kotonanampek
• Rajaampat
• Simpanglima
• Tigaraksa

write in the comment whether the sentence below corresponds to Rules for Writing Numbers in Indonesian

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