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SAYING
NUMBERS |
| Thousands and millions |
| We use commas to separate thousands. So say the numbers to the left of each comma and then say the value of the comma. |
Numbers |
What's said: | ||
500 |
five hundred | ||
1,500 |
one thousand five hundred | ||
350,421 |
three hundred fifty thousand, | ||
| four hundred twenty-one | |||
211,050,780 |
two hundred eleven million, | ||
| fifty thousand, seven hundred eighty | |||
| Currency | |||
| Read the currency at the end of the | NT$15,300,000 | fifteen million, three hundred | |
| amount. | thousand NT dollars | ||
| Decimal Point | |||
| Say the decimal point as point. | 10.6 | ten point six | |
| Say numbers after the decimal | |||
| point separately. | 8.735 | eight point seven three five | |
| Decimal Points and Zeros | |||
| Say zero before the decimal | |||
| point and oh after it. | 0.009 | zero point oh oh nine | |
| Zero, oh, nothing and love | |||
| Here are different ways we say 0: | |||
| oh | after a decimal point | 4.02 four point oh two | |
| in telephone numbers | 2904-0078 two nine oh four oh | ||
| oh seven eight | |||
| in bus numbers | Bus 307 Bus three oh seven | ||
| in hotel room numbers | Room 208 Room two oh eight | ||
| zero | before the decimal point | 0.75 zero point seven five | |
| for the number 0 | 0 zero | ||
| for temperature | -5° C five degrees below zero | ||
| Celsius | |||
| nothing | in sports scores | 8-0 They won eight to nothing. | |
| love | in scoring tennis matches | 30-0 The score is thirty love. | |
| Simple math calculation | Symbol | ||
| addition | (+) 5 + 5 = 10 | five plus five (is / equals) ten | |
| subtraction | (-) 8 – 4 = 4 | eight minus four equals four | |
| multiplication | (x) 7 x 7 = 49 | seven times seven is forty-nine | |
| division | (÷) 8÷2 = 4 | eight divided by two is four | |
| Fractions | |||
| 1/2 | one-half; a half | ||
| 2/3 | two-thirds | ||
| 7/8 | seven-eighths |