One
First
Single
Champion
First timer
Uno is one in Spanish
Yat is one in Cantonese
Yi is one in Mandarin
A is one
Ace is one
Two
It takes two to tango
Double
Dos is two in Spanish
First prime number and even
Twins
Bi- means two.
Three
The Three Musketeers
Three is the amount of w’s there are in World Wide Web
The Three Stooges
Earth is the third planet from the Sun
3 is Dwyane Wade’s jersey number
Steve Francis has #3 on the back of his jersey
Babe Ruth wore the number 3
Three strikes and you are out
March is the 3rd month of the year
Tres three in Spanish
Triple is also three
Treo is also another word for three
The Third is a Charm
Three is Marbury’s Jersey number
Thomas Jefferson as the third president
3rd degree burn is very bad
Three Little Pigs
There are three periods in a hockey game
Tri is a prefix for three
Four
Four in Spanish is quarto
Mr. Gaglio says he has four eyes
Four quarters make a dollar
Square Number
Cztery is 4 in Polish
4 is an even number
Four Seasons
Four is an unlucky number in China
In dancing competitions the lowest place you can get is 4th
Fourth of July is Independence Day
4 sides of a square/rectangle
4th down-punt, or throw
Fantastic 4
Five
5th Avenue in Manhattan
5 stars, a rating given for the highest quality
Channel 5, the Fox Network in NY
Five fingers on a hand
Pentagon is a closed figure with five sides
Cinco is five in Spanish
Nickel
Five players are on a basketball court from each team
5-day school week
5 is an odd number
We have 5 senses (hear, smell, touch, sight, taste)
5 boroughs in NYC (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island)
Six
Six pack
Six Flags is an amusement park
Six is an even number
Six upside down is 9
Six is an composite number
Six is half of a dozen
An ant has Six legs
Sixth Planet from the Sun
Hexagon has six sides
6th Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in Manhattan
Six white stripes on the American Flag
Seven
Seven days in a week
7 is an odd number
Lucky number 7
Seven continents
Andrew Jackson 7th president
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Eight
There are eight sides on an octagon
On a chessboard, there are eight squares in each row
8th Avenue, one of the main streets in the Chinatown in Brooklyn
August is the eighth month
Even Number
International Women’s Day is March 8
Nine
Nine innings in a baseball game
Nine* planets in solar system
Square Number
A cat has nine lives
Ten
Dime
10 is an even number
Dziesięć is ten in Polish
Ten pins in bowling
Base 10 System
Eleven
Odd and Prime Number
November is the 11th month
The World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11
Twelve
When it is midnight, it is twelve o’ clock
12 months is one year
12 is the last digit of multiplication table in an composition notebook
12 is one dozen
十二 is the Chinese way of writing 12
12 zodiac (pig,cow,horse,mice,lamb,snake,dragon,rabbit,chicken,dog,monkey,and the tiger)
XII in Roman Numeral
The number of function keys on most PC keyboards (F1 through F12)
The United States of America is divided into twelve Federal Reserve Districts
Thirteen
A baker’s dozen
Unlucky Number
Bar mitzvah Age 13
Friday the 13th
Alex Rodriquez’s number
13 Original colonies in the United States
13 red and white stripes on the flag
Fourteen
Fourteen days in two weeks
February 14th in Valentine’s Day
June 14 is Flag Day
Bad luck in China
Fifteen
Odd Number
First point in Tennis
15 minutes of fame
XV-Roman Numeral
Number of minutes in a quarter of an hour
In the Spanish culture 15 years old is a big celebration for girls
Sixteen
Sixteen is a composite number, and a square number.
XVI in Roman Numerals
Sixteen is the minimum age for getting an adult job in most states and provinces
Sixteen is the minimum age to get married with parental consent in many countries.
Sweet Sixteen
F16 Fighting Falcon
Tennessee was admitted to the Union in 1796 as the 16th state
In chess, each player has 16 pieces
16 ounces in a pound
Seventeen
Roman Numeral: XVII
The # 17 is the atomic number for chlorine
The name of a magazine
You dial the number 17 in France to call the police
Prime Number
Eighteen
18 years old, you are allowed to vote
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States
Louisiana, the 18th State
XVIII in Roman numeral
十八 (shí bā) is Chinese
The atomic number of argon
In golf, there are 18 holes to play
Nineteen
Prime Number
Twenty
Venti (20 in Italian)
2 dimes = 20 cents
David Wright is in the 20/20 club
Mississippi is the 20th state
The 20th president is James A. Garfield
Jorge Posada is #20 catcher of the NY Yankees
Andrew Jackson is on the 20-dollar bill
Twenty-One
21 was a TV show quiz a long time ago
21 legal age to drink alcohol in USA
21st Century years 2001-2100
21 is a card game also called blackjack