When expressing large numbers (more than one hundred) read in groups of hundreds. The order is as follows: billion, million, thousand,
hundred. Notice that hundred, thousand, etc. is NOT followed by an ‘s’.
Two hundred (NOT two hundreds)
NOTE: British English takes 'and' between 'hundred and ...' American English omits 'and'.
350 – three hundred and fifty / Three hundred fifty
425 – four hundred and twenty-five
873 - eight hundred and seventy-three
112 - one hundred and twelve
15,560 – fifteen thousand, five hundred and sixty
786,450 – seven hundred and eighty-six thousand, four hundred and fifty
342,713 - three hundred and forty-two thousand, seven hundred and thirteen
569,045 - five hundred and sixty-nine thousand, forty-five
2,450,000 – two million, four hundred and fifty thousand
234,700,000 – two hundred and thirty-four million, seven hundred thousand
2,350,400 => two million, three hundred and fifty thousand, four hundred
NOTE - Remember: Use ‘and’ only between hundreds in British English.
DECIMALS
Read decimals as the given number point XYZ
2.36 - two point three six
14.82 - fourteen point eight two
9.7841 -nine-point seven eight four one
3.14159 - three point one four one five nine (that's Pi!)
PERCENTAGES
Read percentages as the number followed by ‘percent / per cent"
100% hundred per cent
37% - thirty-seven per cent (BRITISH ENGLISH)
12% - twelve percent (AMERICAN ENGLISH)
87% - eighty-seven percent
3% - three per cent
FRACTIONS
Read the top number as a cardinal number, followed by the ordinal number + ‘s’
3/8 - three-eighths
5/16 - five-sixteenths
7/8 - seven-eights
1/32 - one thirty-second
NOTE: ¼ =>one quarter, 2/3 => two thirds, ½ one half
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Here are the descriptive names of a number of important numerical expressions:
- Speed - 100 mph (miles per hour) 120 kpm (kilometres per hour) Read speed as numbers: One hundred miles per hour
- Weight - 80 kg (kilograms) OR 42 lbs (pounds)
Read weight as numbers: Eighty kilograms OR forty-two pounds
- Telephone number - 0171 895 7056
Read telephone numbers in individual numbers:
zero/oh one seven one eight nine five seven zero/oh five six
- Date - 12/04/65
Read dates: month, day, year in the US December the fourth nineteen sixty-five
day, month, year in the UK
The twelfth of April nineteen sixty-five
- Temperature - 28° C (Celsius) OR 72° F (Fahrenheit)
Read temperature as "degrees +number": twenty-eight degrees Celsius OR seventy-two degrees Fahrenheit
NOTE: sub-zero, minus zero
- Height - 1 m 89 cm / 6'2''
Read height first meters then centimeters, or feet then inches: one meter eight nine centimeters or 6'' 2' six feet two inches
- Price - $60
Read the currency first then the number: Sixty dollars
- Score - 2-1
Read scores as "number + to + number": Two to one
Ordinal
numbers are used when speaking about the place in something such as in competitions. Most numbers end in 'th', except first, second, and third of every ten numbers.
1st - first 2nd - second 3rd - third
4th- fourth 5- fifth. 12- twelfth
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