How to say numbers

1. Hundreds. 325 - three hundred and twenty-five (Br.E.);

three hundred twenty-five (Am.E.)

2. Thousands. 3,077 - three thousand and seventy-seven (Br.E.);

three thousand seventy-seven (Am.E.)

In writing, commas, not full stops are used to separate thousands.

Remember! Only the single form of the numeral is used after the number!

e.g. There were four hundred people in the hall.

Seven hundred and thirty eight books were given to the children’s hospital.

3. The words "hundred", "thousand" and "million" can be used in the singular with the article "a" (for an informal style) or "one" (for speaking more precisely), but not alone.

e.g. I've saved a thousand pounds.

Pay the tax inspector one thousand pounds.

4. Round numbers: With round numbers between 1,100 and 1,900, it is more common to say "eleven hundred" instead of "one thousand one hundred"

e.g. Last month he spent sixteen hundred. (= 1,600)

5. Fractions. Simple fractions are expressed by using ordinal numbers,

e.g. 1/8 - an eighth (one eighth); 1 5/9 - one and five ninths; 3/7 - three sevenths.

6. More complex fractions are often expressed by using the word "over",

e.g. 317/509 - three hundred and seventeen over five hundred and nine.

7. Expressions like ¾ hour, 7/10 mile are said "three quarters of an hour", seven tenths of a mile".

Remember: "one and a half" takes a plural noun,

e.g. one and half kilometers.

8. Decimals: They are said with each figure separate. A full stop (called point") not a comma is used before the fraction,

e.g. 0.5 - point five/nought point five; Am.E. - zero point five

9. Scores: 0 = nought, zero, nil, love.

• Normally the figure "0" is called "nought" in Br.E. and "zero" in Am.E. When numbers are said figure by figure, "0" is called [qV] in Br.E.,

e.g. My account number is 41326069 - four one three two six [qV]six nine.

• Speaking about temperature "0" is said "zero",

e.g. It's five degrees below zero. It was fifteen degrees below zero yesterday.

• Zero scores in team games are usually called "nil" in Br.E. and "zero" in Am.E.. In tennis, table tennis and similar games, the word "love" is used,

e.g. Manchester three, Liverpool nil.(football) Five - love, your service.(tennis)

10. Dates. There are two ways of saying dates,

e.g. The first of January(Br.E); January the first (Am.E.).

British people put the date first, e.g. 8.3.99 = the eighth of March 1999.

Americans put the month first, e.g. 3.8.99 = March the eighth 1999.

12. Time.

1. An answer to the question ‘What’s the time?’ can be as follows:

• 3.05 = five minutes past three;

• 7.15 – a quarter past seven (= fifteen minutes past seven);

• 9.30 = half past nine;

• 2.35 = twenty-five minutes to three;

• 4.45 = a quarter to five;

• 12.50 = ten minutes to one

Note: In American English past is replaced by after and to is replaced by of, e.g.

• 3.05 = five minutes after three;

• 12.50 = ten minutes of one

2. The time in schedules and timetables can be said like this:

• 09.00 = nine hundred hours

• 09.03 = nine oh three

• 09.10 = nine ten

• 09.30 = nine thirty

• 09.36 = nine thirty-six

• 09.45 = nine forty-five

• 21.00 = twenty-one hundred hours

• 21.03 = twenty one oh three

• 21.10 = twenty-one ten

• 21.15 = twenty-one fifteen

• 21.30 = twenty-one thirty

• 21.36 = twenty-one thirty-six

• 21.45 = twenty-one forty-five

c) The answer to the question ‘Which train do you want to catch?’ can be I think I’ll try to get the 10.18 (ten eighteen).’

13. The numbers of years are usually said in two halves,

e.g. 1066 = ten sixty-six; 921 = nine twenty-one;

55 B.C.= fifty-five B.C.(Before Christ),

A.D.370 = A.D. (Anno Domini) three seventy

2005 = two thousand and five; 2050 = twenty fifty

12. Telephone numbers.

Each figure is said separately. "0" is called [qV] in Br.E and "zero" in Am.E.

e.g. 307-4922 = Br.E. three [qV] seven four nine double two.

Am.E. three zero seven four nine two two.

13. Monarchs: "The " is used before the ordinal number,

e.g. Henry VIII - Henry the Eighth; Catherine II - Catherine the Second

14. Money. e.g. 3.75 = three pounds seventy-five;

$ 1.95 - a dollar ninety-five (one ninety-five);

a three-pound note (remember the singular form of the word "pound")

15. Addition.

e.g. 2+2=4 - two and two is/ are four (for small sums)

712 + 145 = 857 - seven hundred and twelve plus one hundred and forty-five equals eight hundred and fifty-seven, (formal style and larger numbers)

16. Subtraction.

e.g. 7- 4=3 - four from seven is (leaves) three (for small sums);

619 - 428 = 191 - six hundred and nineteen minus four hundred and twenty-eight equals one hundred and ninety-one (for larger sums).

17. Multiplication.

e.g. 3 x 4 = 12 - three fours is twelve (informal style).

17 x 381 = 6477 - seventeen times three hundred and eighty-one is (makes) six thousand four hundred and seventy seven

or 17 multiplied by 381 equals 6477 (in a more formal style).

18. Divisions.

e.g. 261: 9 = 29 - two hundred and sixty-one divided by nine equals twenty-nine (for large sums);

9:3 = 3 - three into nine goes three (for smaller calculations)

19. Raising to the root. 3³ = 27 - three to the third power is twenty-seven.

20. Extraction of the root. 4=2 - the square (second) root of four is two; 27= 3 - the cube (the third) root of twenty- seven is three; 16 = 2 - the fourth root of sixteen is two.

**TASK 67. Read the figures below.

1. both cardinal and ordinal: 79; 65; 31; 44; 52; 27; 15; 29; 68; 74; 51; 78; 61; 93;

2. both cardinal and ordinal: 123; 315; 764; 932; 265; 431; 785; 346; 984; 543; 127;

3. cardinal; 1,265; 5,768; 9,064; 3,186; 13,587; 34,569; 732, 554; 861, 964;

4. cardinal: 58,206,098; 604,063,517; 7,002,650; 952,780,642; 1,372,465; 2,038,021; 548, 325,415;

5. 6.5; 4.68; 7.03; 0.06; 0.25; 3.146; 3.26; 5.769; 15.98; 0.329; 8.652

6. ½ ¼ ¾ ⅓ ⅔ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ 99/100

7. money: £321; 50p; $ 157; £963; $ 25.99; $ 3,765,86; $489,542; £231,489,015; $125,638,101

8. dates: 45 B.C; 4/2/99; 14/07/2000; 3/10/2003; 15/12/2045; 17/02/1888; 7/10/1790; 13/08/1324; 23/12/1066; 23/04/1564; A.D.765

9. monarchs: George V; Richard III; Peter I; Edward VIII; Henry IV

10. telephone numbers: 98-07-44; 7050-317538; 8 (0572) 712-14-56; 10275-132-15; 44698-1237; (0751) 472-11-715;

11. scores: Arsenal 5 - Chelsea 0 (football); Peter Sampras - Marcello Rias 2-0 (tennis)

12. mathematic operations: 4 • 3 = 12 325 : 5 = 65; 742-18 = 726; 65 : 14 = 4.64; 573+475= 1,048; 952:23 = 41.39; 56 • 124 = 6,944

**TASK 68. Read the sentences below paying special attention to the numerals.

1. 200 students are currently enrolled in freshman English of California University.

2. The 75 pollsters interviewed 3,250 voters before the election.

3. The dietician prepared 125 sample menus for 1, 297 patients of St. John’s Hospital.

4. When Levittown, Pennsylvania, was built in the early 1950's, the builders' purchases included 300,000 doorknobs, 153,000 faucets, 53,600 ice cube trays, and 4,000 manhole covers.

5. The Hawaiian alphabet, which is the smallest in the world, has only 12 letters.

6. They lived at 500 Fifth Avenue.

7. The Empire State Building is 102 storeys high.

8. Before the 13-th amendment to the Constitution, slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person.

9. Approximately 300,000 school children in District 6 were given hearing and vision examination between May 3 and June 26.

10. An upper-middle-class family can spend over 250,000 dollars to raise each child up to age 18.

11. Alaska was the 49-th state to join the United States.

12. The special on child abuse was watched by over 23,000,000 Americans.

13. India became independent on August 15, 1947.

14. In 1967 2,000,000 people died of small pox, but in 1977 20 died of that dangerous disease.

15. Photographs of the Roman villa appear on page 117 in Chapter 21.

16. Several doctors put up $ 255,000 for the construction of a golf course.

17. A crowd of 64,519 fans greeted the famous American baseball player Don Larsen in Yankee Stadium in New York in 1956.

18. 70% of the world mail is written in English, and 80% of all information in electronic retrieval system is stored in this language.

*TASK 69. Read and translate into Russian/Ukrainian. Write one example of your own for each expression and let your partner translate it from Russian/Ukrainian into English.

• 30 divided by 5 equals 6

• 20 plus 3 is 23

• 7 times 9 is 63

• 3 from 5 is 2

• 10 multiplied by 8 equals 80

• The dimensions are 5 by 9 by 6

• 19 take away 17 leaves 2

• 2 and 4 equals 6

• 10 squared is 100

• Six nines are 54

• The square root of 64 is 8

• 35 is less than 36

• 6 into 32 goes 5 remainder 2

• The cube roof of 27 is 3

• 10 cubed is 1,000

• 10 to the power of 4 is 10,000

• 12 minus 3 equals 9

*TASK 70. Read and enjoy the jokes given below.

1. Although a millionaire never had formal education, he made a fortune. He explained, "I just follow some simple rules. For example, I buy goods at $100 and sell them for $400, and I'm very happy with 3% profit."

2. Accountant’s new assistant: There you are, sir. I’ve added these figures ten times.

Accountant: Well done!

Assistant: And here are the ten answers.

3. Client: I made a bad mistake. I lent $ 5,000 to a friend and now he won’t repay it. But what is worse is that I didn’t get a receipt so I can’t prove it.

Adviser: My advice is to write to him and ask for your $ 10, 000 back.

Client: But I only loaned him $ 5,000!

Adviser: That’s what he’ll write and tell you – and then you’ll have your receipt.

**TASK 71. Read and enjoy a VERY short History of Britain.

1. The planet Earth was born 5,000 million years ago as a result of the ‘Big Bang’.

2. From 200 million to 60 million years ago DINOSAURS were the biggest dwellers of the Earth.

3. STONE AGE began on the Earth 3 million years ago and in Britain ¼ million years ago.

4. BRONZE AGE lasted from 2,100 to 500 B.C.

5. IRON AGE began in Britain about 500 B.C.

6. Celtic tribes came to the British Isles around 800 B.C. from the places which are now southern Germany and Austria.

7. The first Roman invasion was in A.D. 43 led by the legendary Julius Caesar.

8. In 55 A.D. Romans came to Britain for the second time and ruled for 400 years.

9. Three Germanic tribes Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded Britain around 400 A.D. They gave England its name - The Land of Angles.

10. VIKINGS invaded the British Isles in the late 800’s from the territories which is now modern Denmark and Norway. They stayed in Britain till 1000 A.D.

11. NORMANS won the Battle of Hastings in 1066. William the Conqueror became the first Norman King of England.

12. MIDDLE AGES lasted in Britain from 1066 to 1485.

13. In 1399 Henry IV became the first English speaking king of England

14. TUDOR DYNASTY ruled England from 1485 to 1606.

15. Queen Elizabeth I was followed on the throne by KING JAMES STUART, Queen Mary Stuart’s son. Stuarts ruled Britain from 1603 to 1714.

16. Georgian Period in Britain, the reign of the first four Georges, Kings of Great Britain, lasted from 1714 to 1837.

17. Queen Victoria was the longest ruler of Britain. She reigned from 1837 to 1901.

18. THE FIRST WORLD WAR broke out in 1914 and finished in 1918.

19. the second world war lasted for 6 years, from 1939 to 1945.

20. The year of 2000 was the beginning of the new millennium.

**TASK 72. Read the text below paying special attention to the numerals.