1. SAYING NUMBERS

2. 2001 √16 $456 18.9 €5.6bn 5³ £12k 30 : 5 = 68 12/55 783,925 8⅔ 35,804 2, 563, 452 13.45% 098 33 06 491 0.689

3. Zero, oh, nought 0.5 0.001 091 55 00 123 Room 505 Extension 605 1405 2006 1700 2012

4. 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  in fourteen oh five 2006  in two thousand and six 1700  in seventeen hundred 2012  in twenty twelve

5. Decimals 17.6 16.46% 0.125

6. Decimals 17.6  seventeen point six 16.46%  sixteen point four six percent 0.125  nought/zero point one two five

7. Currencies £9.54 £ 12k € 780 $ 8.60

8. Currencies £9.54  nine pounds fifty four £ 12k  twelve thousand pounds € 780  seven hundred and eighty euros $ 8.60  eight dollars sixty

9. Square, cube and root 6² 6³ √6 6 8

10. Square, cube and root 6²  six squared 6³  six cubed √6  the square root of 6 6 8  six to the power of 8

11. 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

12. Larger numbers 100  a (one) hundred 300  three hundred (NOT hundreds) 1000  a (one) thousand 4000  four thousand (NOT thousands) 7430  seven thousand four hundred and thirty (BrE) - I I - thirty (AmE) 357,629  three hundred and fifty-seven thousand, six hundred and twenty-nine(BrE) - I I - fifty-seven thousand, six hundred twenty-nine (AmE) 1,400,302  one million four hundred thousand, three hundred and two (BrE) - I I - two (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  six point seven billion dollars € 567m  five hundred and fifty-six million euros (BrE) - I I - fifty-six million euros (AmE)

13. Writing big numbers forty three thousand five hundred and sixty seven two million seven hundred and fifty-four thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven

14. 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)

15. 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 a hundred, a thousand or one million v. Hundreds of products were withdrawn from the market.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.

16. 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.

17. Fractions 1/2 1/3 1/4 9/10

18. Fractions 1/2  a/one half 1/3  a/one third 1/4  a/one quarter (AmE also a/one fourth) 9/10  nine tenths

19. Fractions 2⅔ 19/56 31/144

20. 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

21. Mathematical expressions 5 + 6 = 11 11 – 6 = 5 5 X 6 = 30 30 : 5 = 6

22. Mathematical expressions 5 + 6 = 11five 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 = 30five times six is/equals thirty (other word: multiplied by) 30 : 5 = 6thirty divided by five is/equals six (other word: over)

23. Saying equations / formulas a x b = c a – b c total assets liabilities

24. Saying equations / formulas a x b = c a times (or multiplied by) b equals c a – b a minus b divided by (or over) c c total assets total assets divided by total liabilities total liabilities