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  1. Cent takes an "s" in the plural unless it is followed by another number.
  2. Mille is always invariable: never an "s".
  3. Million takes an "s" in the plural: deux millions.
Nombre (Number)Singulier (Singular)
100Cent (One hundred)
200Deux cents (Two hundred)
201Deux cent un (Two hundred and one)
1 000Mille (Thousand)
2 000Deux mille (Two thousand)
1 000 000Un million (One million)
2 000 000 Deux millions  (Two million)
1 000 000 000Un milliard (One billion)
2 000 000 000 Deux milliards (Two billion)

Exercise 1: Chiffres cardinaux, nombres cardinaux: "Cent, Mille, Million"

Instruction: Fill in the correct word.

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millions, cent, cent un, mille, million

1. 101:
Je veux ... euros.
(I want one hundred and one euros.)
2. 1 000:
Je dois écrire tous les nombres jusqu'à ....
(I have to write all the numbers up to a thousand.)
3. 100:
Il doit compter jusqu'à ....
(He has to count up to one hundred.)
4. 1 000:
Nous avons besoin de ... Français.
(We need a thousand French people.)
5. 10 000:
Ils vivent dans une ville de dix ... habitants.
(They live in a town of ten thousand inhabitants.)
6. 100:
Il y a ... habitants dans la ville.
(There are one hundred inhabitants in the town.)
7. 1 000 000:
Nous avons ... d'euros.
(We have a million euros.)
8. 4 000 000:
Elle a quatre ... d'euros par an.
(She has four million euros per year.)

Exercise 2: Multiple Choice

Instruction: Choose the correct solution

1. J'ai compté ____ pommes dans le panier.

(I counted two hundred apples in the basket.)

2. Il y a ____ élèves dans cette classe.

(There are eighty-one pupils in this class.)

3. Nous avons ____ euros pour acheter les matériaux.

(We have a thousand euros to buy the materials.)

4. Elle a gagné ____ d'euros à la loterie.

(She won a million euros in the lottery.)

5. ____ personnes ont répondu à l'invitation.

(Seventy-five people responded to the invitation.)

6. Il y a ____ étudiants dans cette université.

(There are two hundred students at this university.)