What is the English name for the number 73?

• A. Sixty-three
• B. Seventy-two
• C. Seventy-three
• D. Seventy-four

Answer: (C)

In English, numbers from 21 to 99 that aren’t exact multiples of ten are spoken as the tens word followed by a hyphen and then the units word. For 73, the tens part is seventy (70) and the ones part is three (3). Put together with a hyphen: seventy-three. This is the standard way to name numbers in that range.

The other phrases correspond to different numbers: sixty-three is 63, seventy-two is 72, and seventy-four is 74. So the only expression that matches 73 is seventy-three.