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Numerals
Cardinals
0
- nought, zero (in mathematics and for temperature)
- 'oh' (in telephone numbers)
- nil (in sports)
- love (in tennis) – originates from the French word “l’oeuf”
Cardinals
100
- a/one hundred
We offer a/one hundred different products.
• 'a' can only stand at the beginning of a
number!!!
• 100 - a hundred / one hundred
• BUT: 2,100 - two thousand one hundred
Cardinals
101
- one hundred and one
114
- one hundred and fourteen
124
- one hundred and twenty-four
300
- three hundred (NO plural!!!)
Separation between hundreds and tens
Hundreds and tens are separated by 'and'
(in American English 'and' is not necessary).
• 110
• one hundred and ten
• 1,250
• one thousand two hundred and fifty
• 2,001
• two thousand and one
Cardinals
1,000
a/one thousand
We employ a thousand (one thousand) workers
at present.
(NOT: one thousand of)
Cardinals
1,101
- one thousand one hundred and one
3,000
- three thousand (NO plural!!!)
NOT: three thousands
We have three thousand articles on display.
(NOT: three thousands of articles)
Cardinals
• Hundred, thousand and million take a
plural –s:
– when the number is not precise
– after many:
• hundreds of customers
• thousands of enquiries
• many millions of dollars
Cardinals
4,356
four thousand three hundred and fifty-six
6,034
six thousand and thirty-four
5,204
five thousand two hundred and four
With large numbers use commas
as a separator!!!
• 57,458,302
• 45,342,001
Cardinals
1,000,000
a/one million
2,000,000
two million (NOT: two millions)
4,334,000
four million three hundred and thirty-four thousand
6,000,034
six million and thirty-four
Cardinals
• 1,000,000,000
- a/one billion (milijarda)
US$ 3,456,235,444
three billion four hundred and fifty-six million two
hundred and thirty-five thousand four hundred
and forty-four American dollars
EXCEPTION: YEN (both plural and singular)
• 1,000,000,000,000
- a/one trillion (bilion)
Ordinals
1st
first
The first of January. (spoken)
2nd
second
This is the second time we have done
business with you.
Ordinals
3rd
- third
4th
- fourth
This is my third job.
This is the fourth time this month that we
have received wrong goods.
5th
- fifth
On the fifth of June. (spoken)
9th
- ninth
12th
- twelfth
Ordinals
21st
- twenty-first
This product took us into the twenty-first century.
100th
- (one) hundredth
This is our (one) hundredth trade fair.
101st
1,000th
1,000,000th
- (one) hundred and first
- (one) thousandth
- (one) millionth
So, the form of ordinal numbers is: just
add th to the cardinal number:
four - fourth
eleven - eleventh
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Exceptions:
one - first – 1st
two - second – 2nd
three - third – 3rd
five - fifth – 5th …
eight - eighth
nine - ninth
twelve - twelfth
ninety - ninetieth
Ordinals
In compound ordinal numbers, note that
only the last figure is written as an ordinal
number:
• 421st = four hundred and twenty-first
• 5,111th = five thousand one hundred and
eleventh
Fractions
½
- (a) half
Over (a) half (of) our workers have to commute.
⅓
- a/one third
We offer a discount of one-third off the list price.
⅔
- two-thirds
Over two-thirds of our workers live in the village.
¼
- (a) quarter
The earliest starting time is (a) quarter past eight.
Fractions
¾
- three-quarters
It took me three-quarters of an hour to get there.
1/10
- a/one tenth
This is a tenth of our total investment.
1½
- one and a half
The whole procedure took one and a half
hours/one hour and a half.
Decimals
• 2.5%
• 3.75
• 26.012
• 36.432 %
- two point five percent
(NOT: per cents)
- three point seven five
(NOT: seventy-five)
- twenty-six point zero (or 'oh')
one two
thirty-six point four three two
per cent
(NOT: four hundred and thirtytwo per cents)
Dates
BrE written:
• We launched the new product on 5 April
2012.
BrE spoken:
• We launched the new product on:
1. the fifth of April two thousand and
twelve.
2. April the fifth, two thousand and
twelve.
Dates
AmE written:
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We launched the new product on April
5th 2012.
AmE spoken:
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We launched the new product on April
fifth, two thousand twelve.
Dates
The order of year, month and day is
different:
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5/4/2012
5 April 2012
date/month/year (BrE written)
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4/5/2012
5 April 2012
month/date/year (AmE written)
AmE vs BrE
10/2/2007
• BrE – the tenth of February two thousand
and seven
• AmE – the second of October two thousand
and seven
Money
• £125
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$ 1m
$6.50
£6.15
€ 1 bn
RSD 100
- a/one hundred and twentyfive pounds
- a/one million dollars
- six dollars fifty
- six pounds fifteen
- a/one billion euros
- a/one hundred dinars
Dimensions
1. Distance
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1 mm
50 cm
5m
7.5 km
2mx3m
- a/one millimetre
- fifty centimetres
- five metres
- seven point five kilometres
- two metres by three metres
Dimensions
2. Mass
• 10 g
- ten grams
• 1,000 kg
• 20 t
- a/one thousand kilos/kilograms
- twenty tons
Dimensions
3. Square measure
• 100 cm²- a/one hundred square centimetres
• 10,000 m²
- ten thousand square metres
Dimensions
5. Cubic measure
• 1,000 cm³
- a/one thousand cubic
centimetres
• 100 m³
- a/one hundred cubic metres
Mathematical symbols
2+2
=4
–2
:6
≡
x6
- two and/plus two
- is/equals/is equal to four
- minus/less two
- divided by six
- is identical with
- times/multiplied by six
Mathematical symbols
2+2=4
4–2=2
12 : 6 = 2
8 x 4 = 32
two plus two equals four
four minus two is two
twelve divided by six is
equal to two
eight multiplied by four is
thirty-two
Mathematical symbols
2²
2¹²
23
2ⁿ
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1:7
- two squared
- two to the power twelve
- two cubed
- two to the power n
- is greater than
- is less than
- divided by two
- ratio of one to seven
Mathematical symbols
≈
√5
3√27
()

{}
<>
- is approximately equal to
- the square root of five
- the cube root of twenty-seven
- brackets
- square brackets
- braces
- angle brackets
Phone numbers
1. Each figure is said separately.
24 - two four
2. The figure 'O' is called oh.
105 - one oh five
3. Pause after groups of 3 or 4 figures
376 4705 - three seven six, four seven
oh five
Phone numbers
• If two successive figures are the same, in
British English you would usually use the
word double (in American English you would just say
the figure twice)
376 4775
BE: three seven six, four double seven five
376 4775
AE: three seven six, four seven seven five
Phone numbers
007 335 896
double oh seven double three five eight nine
six
344 6783
three double four six seven eight three
800 567 44 55
eight hundred five six seven double four
double five
Temperature
32°C
- thirty-two degrees centigrade
- thirty-two degrees Celsius
Mathematical terms
(ax)2
ax all squared
(a – x)3
a minus x all cubed
a3 + x4
a cubed plus x to the fourth
Write these as you would say them:
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(ax)2
56.34 %
23 x 11 = 253
US$ 3,433,709
May 9th, 2006
100 cm2
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8,436 : 2 = 4,218
33.354 %
123 cm3
$7,433,900
59,885
9th June 2005
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1224 : 3 = 408
45.335 %
423m2
$7,356,900
5,988
20th June 2003
Write these as you would say them:
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22,950: 54 = 425
96.342 %
332 m2
$2,702,904
June 5th, 2012
EUR 9.3 bn
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426 : 2 = 213
88.76%
323cm2
$5,456,835
AUD 4,946
33.267%
$5.50
22.56g
Write the following as you would say it:
• In my first job, back in 1976, I earned £38 a week, which
was exactly £1,976 a year.
• Today they're buying euros at 1.3952 and selling them at
1.2957.
• It's either 0.431 or 4.031, I can't remember.
• £1,000,000? But that's over $1,590,000!
• No, it's 12,231, not 12.231!
• You can fax them on 066-22 27 47.
• For further information, call 0171-339 0131.
• He's 2m11 tall, like a basketball player.
• It only cost £13.99.
• It's somewhere between 2½ and 2¾.
• 27 x 365 is 9,855, plus 7 for leap years, plus 2 x 31, and 2 x
30, plus 16 days – I'm 10,000 days old today!
• The equation is x2 – y3 = z.