Numerals

Cardinals 0 - nought, zero (in mathematics and for temperature) - 'oh' (in telephone numbers) - nil (in sports) - love (in tennis) – originates from the French word “l’oeuf”

Cardinals a/one hundred We offer a/one hundred different products. 'a' can only stand at the beginning of a number!!! a hundred / one hundred BUT: 2,100 - two thousand one hundred

Cardinals 101 and - one hundred and one 114 and - one hundred and fourteen 124 and - one hundred and twenty-four 300 (NO plural!!!) - three hundred (NO plural!!!)

Separation between hundreds and tens Hundreds and tens are separated by 'and' (in American English 'and' is not necessary). 110 one hundred and ten 1,250 one thousand two hundred and fifty 2,001 two thousand and one

Cardinals 1,000 a/one thousand We employ a thousand (one thousand) workers at present. (NOT: one thousand of)

Cardinals 1,101 and - one thousand one hundred and one 3,000 - three thousand (NO plural!!!) NOT: three thousands We have three thousand articles on display. (NOT: three thousands of articles)

Cardinals Hundred, thousand and million take a plural –s: – when the number is not precise – after many: hundreds of customers thousands of enquiries many millions of dollars

Cardinals 4,356 and four thousand three hundred and fifty-six 6,034 six thousand and thirty-four 5,204 five thousand two hundred and four

With large numbers use commas as a separator!!! 57,458,302 45,342,001

Cardinals 1,000,000 a/one million 2,000,000 two million (NOT: two millions) 4,334,000 four million three hundred and thirty-four thousand 6,000,034 and six million and thirty-four

Cardinals 1,000,000,000- a/one billion (milijarda) and and and three billion four hundred and fifty-six million two hundred and thirty-five thousand four hundred and forty-four American dollars EXCEPTION: YEN (both plural and singular) 1,000,000,000,000- a/one trillion (bilion) US$ 3,456,235,444

Ordinals 1 st first The first The first of January. (spoken) 2 nd second the second This is the second time we have done business with you.

Ordinals 3 rd my third - third This is my third job. 4 th the fourth - fourthThis is the fourth time this month that we have received wrong goods. 5 th the fifth - fifthOn the fifth of June. (spoken) 9 th - ninth 12 th - twelfth

Ordinals 21 st - twenty-first This product took us into the twenty-first century. 100 th - (one) hundredth This is our (one) hundredth trade fair. 101 st - (one) hundred and first 1,000 th - (one) thousandth 1,000,000 th - (one) millionth

th So, the form of ordinal numbers is: just add th to the cardinal number: four - fourth eleven - eleventh Exceptions: one - first – 1 st two - second – 2 nd three - third – 3 rd five - fifth – 5 th … eight - eighth nine - ninth twelve - twelfth ninety - ninetieth

Ordinals In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal number: 421 st = four hundred and twenty-first 5,111 th = five thousand one hundred and eleventh

Fractions ½ - (a) half Over (a) half (of) our workers have to commute. ⅓- a/one third We offer a discount of one-third off the list price. ⅔- two-thirds Over two-thirds of our workers live in the village. ¼- (a) quarter The earliest starting time is (a) quarter past eight.

Fractions ¾ - three-quarters It took me three-quarters of an hour to get there. 1/10 - a/one tenth This is a tenth of our total investment. 1½- one and a half The whole procedure took one and a half hours/one hour and a half.

Decimals 2.5%- two point five percent NOTs (NOT: per cents) seven five NOT3.75- three point seven five (NOT: seventy-five) zero onetwo twenty-six point zero (or 'oh') one two four three two %thirty-six point four three two per cent NOT s (NOT: four hundred and thirty- two per cents)

Dates BrE written: We launched the new product on 5 April BrE spoken: We launched the new product on: 1.the fifth of April two thousand and twelve. 2.April the fifth, two thousand and twelve.

Dates AmE written: We launched the new product on April 5 th AmE spoken: We launched the new product on April fifth, two thousand twelve.

Dates The order of year, month and day is different: 5/4/20125 April 2012 date/month/year date/month/year (BrE written) 4/5/20125 April 2012 month/date/year month/date/year (AmE written)

AmE vs BrE BrE – the tenth of February two thousand and seven AmE – the second of October two thousand and seven 10/2/2007

Money £125- a/one hundred and twenty- five pounds $ 1m- a/one million dollars $6.50- six dollars fifty £6.15- six pounds fifteen € 1 bn- a/one billion euros RSD 100- a/one hundred dinars

Dimensions 1.Distance 1. Distance 1 mm- a/one millimetre 50 cm- fifty centimetres 5 m- five metres 7.5 km- seven point five kilometres 2 m x 3 m- two metres by three metres

Dimensions 2. Mass 10 g- ten grams 1,000 kg- a/one thousand kilos/kilograms 20 t- twenty tons

Dimensions 3. Square measure 100 cm²- a/one hundred square centimetres 10,000 m²- ten thousand square metres

Dimensions 5. Cubic measure 1,000 cm³- a/one thousand cubic centimetres 100 m³- a/one hundred cubic metres

Mathematical symbols two and/plus two = 4- is/equals/is equal to four – 2- minus/less two : 6- divided by six ≡- is identical with x 6- times/multiplied by six

Mathematical symbols = 4 two plus two equals four 4 – 2 = 2four minus two is two 12 : 6 = 2twelve divided by six is equal to two 8 x 4 = 32eight multiplied by four is thirty-two

Mathematical symbols 2²- two squared 2¹²- two to the power twelve two cubed 2ⁿ- two to the power n >- is greater than <- is less than /2- divided by two 1 : 7- ratio of one to seven

Mathematical symbols ≈- is approximately equal to √5- the square root of five 3 √27- the cube root of twenty-seven ( )- brackets   - square brackets { }- braces - angle brackets

Phone numbers 1.Each figure is said separately two four 2.The figure 'O' is called oh one oh five 3.Pause after groups of 3 or 4 figures three seven six, four seven oh five

Phone numbers If two successive figures are the same, in British English you would usually use the word double (in American English you would just say the figure twice) BE: three seven six, four double seven five AE: three seven six, four seven seven five

Phone numbers double oh seven double three five eight nine six three double four six seven eight three eight hundred five six seven double four double five

Temperature 32°C - thirty-two degrees centigrade - thirty-two degrees Celsius

Mathematical terms (ax) 2 ax all squared (a – x) 3 a minus x all cubed a 3 + x 4 a cubed plus x to the fourth

Write these as you would say them: (ax) % 23 x 11 = 253 US$ 3,433,709 May 9 th, cm 2

Write these as you would say them: 8,436 : 2 = 4, % 123 cm 3 $7,433,900 59,885 9 th June 2005

Write these as you would say them: 1224 : 3 = % 423m 2 $7,356,900 5, th June 2003

Write these as you would say them: 22,950: 54 = % 332 m2 $2,702,904 June 5 th, 2012 EUR 9.3 bn

Write these as you would say them: 426 : 2 = % 323cm 2 $5,456,835 AUD 4, % $ g

Write the following as you would say it: In my first job, back in 1976, I earned £38 a week, which was exactly £1,976 a year. Today they're buying euros at and selling them at It's either or 4.031, I can't remember. £1,000,000? But that's over $1,590,000! No, it's 12,231, not ! You can fax them on For further information, call He's 2m11 tall, like a basketball player. It only cost £ It's somewhere between 2½ and 2¾. 27 x 365 is 9,855, plus 7 for leap years, plus 2 x 31, and 2 x 30, plus 16 days – I'm 10,000 days old today! The equation is x2 – y3 = z.