Numbers and Figures

Numbers and Figures 1.Inflation is at 0 for the third successive year. a) oh b) zero 2. We launched the original product in 2006. a) twenty hundred and six b) two thousand and six 3. The staff voted for the new system by a ratio of 2:1. a) two to one b) two by one 4. Profits have dropped to 12%. a) twelve percentage b) twelve per cent 5.The new screen measures 15.5cm. a) fifteen point five b) fifteen comma five 6. We’re working on a price of $2.50. a) two dollars fifty b) two point fifty dollars 7. The business operates 24/7. a) twenty-four out of seven b) twenty-four seven 8. The new site is 50,000 m2. a)fifty thousand squared meters b) fifty thousand square meters

Numbers and Figures 9. In the States we say 173 a) a hundred and seventy-three b) a hundred seventy-three 10. Their revenue last year was 2.000.000.000 euros. a) two billions b) two billion 11. We made a $50,000 loss. a) fifty thousand loss b) fifty thousands loss 12. It’s somewhere between 3.48 and 3.51. a) three point four eight and three point five one b) three point forty-eight and three point fifty-one 13. It costs €8.88 . a) eight euros eighty-eight cents b) eight euros point eight eight 14. 4 ¾ is pronounced as four and three fours b) four and three quarters 15. How do you say the following number? 1,325,455

one**-million, three-hundred twenty-five thousand, four-hundred fifty-five ** Sometimes native speakers will substitute an “a” for “one” – thus, for 1022, saying “a thousand and twenty-two”.