SAYING NUMBERS 2001 √16 $456 18.9 €5.6bn 5³ £12k 30 : 5 = 6 88 12/55 783,925 8⅔ 35,804 2, 563, 452 13.45% 098 33 06 491 0.689 Zero, oh, nought 0.5 0.001 091 55 00 123 Room 505 Extension 605 1405 2006 1700 2012 Zero, oh, nought Before a decimal: 0.5 zero/nought point five After a decimal point: 0.001 nought/zero point oh oh one Telephone numbers, hotel room numbers, etc.: 091 55 00 123 oh nine one five five oh oh one two three 505 My hotel room is five oh five. Years 1405 2006 1700 2012 in fourteen oh five in two thousand and six in seventeen hundred in twenty twelve Decimals 17.6 16.46% 0.125 Decimals 17.6 16.46% 0.125 seventeen point six sixteen point four six percent nought/zero point one two five Currencies £9.54 £ 12k € 780 $ 8.60 Currencies • • • • £9.54 £ 12k € 780 $ 8.60 nine pounds fifty four twelve thousand pounds seven hundred and eighty euros eight dollars sixty Square, cube and root 6² 6³ √6 68 Square, cube and root 6² 6³ √6 68 six squared six cubed the square root of 6 six to the power of 8 Larger numbers 100 300 1000 4000 7430 357,629 1,400,302 1.000.000 / 1m 1.000.000.000 / 1bn 1.000.000.000.000 $ 6.7 bn € 567m Larger numbers a (one) hundred three hundred (NOT hundreds) a (one) thousand four thousand (NOT thousands) seven thousand four hundred and thirty (BrE) -IIthirty (AmE) 357,629 three hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred and twenty-nine(BrE) -IIfifty-seven thousand, six hundred twenty-nine (AmE) 100 300 1000 4000 7430 1,400,302 one million four hundred thousand, three hundred and two (BrE) -IItwo (AmE) 1.000.000 / 1m a million 1.000.000.000 / 1bn a billion (Cro. milijarda) 1.000.000.000.000 a trillion (Cro. bilijun) $ 6.7 bn € 567m six point seven billion dollars five hundred and fifty-six million euros (BrE) -IIfifty-six million euros (AmE) Writing big numbers forty three thousand five hundred and sixty seven two million seven hundred and fifty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven Writing big numbers A comma or a space is often used to divide large numbers into groups of 3 figures: 43,567 or 43 567 (forty three thousand five hundred and sixty seven) 2,754,897 or 2 754 897 (two million seven hundred and fifty- four thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven) Sto ili stotine? a hundred, a thousand or one million v. Hundreds of products were withdrawn from the market. The company earned millions of dollars. After several and a few After several and a few there is no plural for hundred, thousand or million. Several hundred people applied for the job. The company predicts the sales of a few hundred products in the first three months. Fractions 1/2 1/3 1/4 9/10 Fractions 1/2 1/3 1/4 9/10 a/one half a/one third a/one quarter (AmE also a/one fourth) nine tenths Fractions 2⅔ 19/56 31/144 Fractions Whole numbers and fractions 2⅔ two and two thirds More complex fractions: use over 19/56 nineteen over fifty six 31/144 thirty-one over one four four Mathematical expressions 5 + 6 = 11 11 – 6 = 5 5 X 6 = 30 30 : 5 = 6 Mathematical expressions 5 + 6 = 11 five plus six is/equals eleven (other words: add, and) 11 – 6 = 5 eleven minus six is/equals five (other words: less, subtract) 5 X 6 = 30 five times six is/equals thirty (other word: multiplied by) 30 : 5 = 6 thirty divided by five is/equals six (other word: over) Saying equations / formulas axb=c a–b c total assets liabilities Saying equations / formulas • axb=c a times (or multiplied by) b equals c • a–b c a minus b divided by (or over) c • total assets liabilities total assets divided by total total liabilities