Numbers, fractions and degrees
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This document provides information on how to say various cardinal numbers in British English and American English, including numbers from one to one billion. It also discusses how to read ordinal numbers, fractions, percentages, and temperatures. For cardinal numbers like 101 and 154, Americans say "one hundred one" and "one hundred fifty-four" while Brits say "one hundred and one" and "one hundred and fifty-four". Millions and billions are the same in both varieties of English.
Numbers, fractions and degrees
- 2. How do you say the following numbers one hundred and one (BrE)/ one hundred one (AmE) one hundred and fifty-four one thousand one thousand and eighty one thousand, three hundred and sixty-five one million one billion 101 154 1,000 1,080 1,365 1,000,00 0 1,000,000,00 0
- 3. Note one hundred two hundred one thousand five thousand one million three million But you say hundres of books, thousands of files, millions of children
- 5. How to read 0 In telephone numbers: oh (BrE)/ zero (AmE) example: five four six oh/ zero seven two one three eight 1 : 0 one to nil Decimal numbers nought point four two six (0.426) 0°C zero degrees Celsius
- 6. 2, 4, 6 even numbers 3, 5, 7 odd numbers 1, 3, 7 prime numbers 5.254, 23.56 decimal numbers
- 7. Note de difference thousands 15,405 fifteen thousand four hundred and five decimals 2.549 two point five four nine
- 8. FRACTIONS 1/2 a half 1/3 a third 1/4 a quarter 1/5 a fifth 1/8 an eighth 5/4 five quarters 3/1 9 three nineteenths or three over nineteen 12/3 one and two thirds
- 9. 226/ 405 More complex fractions two hundred and twenty-six over four hundred and five 20% twenty percent Degrees 10°C ten degrees centigrade/Celsius 1°C = 32° thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit F -25°C minus twenty-five degrees Celsius
- 10. 226/ 405 More complex fractions two hundred and twenty-six over four hundred and five 20% twenty percent Degrees 10°C ten degrees centigrade/Celsius 1°C = 32° thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit F -25°C minus twenty-five degrees Celsius