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Hundreds of products were withdrawn from the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