1. Numbers and Figures

2. 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

3. 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 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
¾ is pronounced as
four and three fours b) four and three quarters
15. How do you say the following number?
1,325,455

4. 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”.