8655 signs and symbols

+ plus

Addition / Plus

Minus / Take away

— minus

Add these numbers

Take five from eight

X multiply / times

3+4=7

8–5=3

÷ divide

Three plus four equals seven

Eight minus five equals three

= equals

Three and four is seven.

Eight take away five is three

Multiplication

Division

X cross

Multiply these numbers

Divide twelve by four

& and

3x2=6

12 ÷ 4 = 3

. point

Three multiplied by two
equals six

Twelve divided by four
equals three

Three times two is six
Three twos are six

Four into twelve goes three

 tick

̊degree
% per cent

What is the temperature?
24 ̊ It’s twenty four degrees.
-5 ̊

It’s minus five degrees. It’s five below zero.

100 ̊C Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
0 ̊

His temperature is almost forty.

Water freezes at zero degrees.
Was

I bought this jacket at a sale.
There was a fifty per cent discount
so I got it for half price.

$110

Now

36.8 ̊ to 37 ̊C Normal human
body temperature is thirty six
point eight to thirty seven degrees.

$55

It cost me fifty five dollars. The
original price was one hundred and
ten dollars.

1/2 - a half

1/2 kg

1/3 - a third

1/2 cup I need half a cup of water

2/3 - two thirds

1/3 cup

1/4 - a quarter

1/4 tsp salt

a quarter of a teaspoon of salt

1/5 - a fifth

2 tsp sugar

two teaspoons of sugar

1/8 - an eighth

3 tbsp flour

three tablespoons of flour

I bought half a kilogram of prawns.

This recipe needs a third of a cup of water


cube
cubed
Cube

cubic

Cubed Steak

1 ½ m3

I bought a kilo and a half of bananas.

The raised garden needed one and a
half cubic metres of soil.

I bought one and a half kilos of
apples.

Write the numbers in words:
The doctor took the child’s temperature. It was _________________________________________ (39.8 ̊)

It was cold this morning. The temperature was __________________________________________ (-4 ̊)
The forecast maximum temperature for London tomorrow is ______________________________ ( 19 ̊C )
_____________________________________ of the Australian population is of Aboriginal descent. (2 ½ %)
She used _________________________________________________________of fruit in that pie. (1 ½ kg)
I’ll have to eat less. I’ve put on ___________________________________________ since Christmas. (1 k)
This recipe uses ___________________________________________________________ of milk. (3/4 cup)
There was a __________________________________________ discount on everything in the store. ( 25%)
A truck delivered over __________________________________ of topsoil for the garden next door. (3 m 3 )

dot the i's and cross the t's
give 110%
Make the maximum possible effort
This is a very important game. The only way we'll win
is if every one of you gives 110% when we play.

To take care of every detail, even minor ones;
To be meticulous or thorough.
He is very careful about details when he manages a
project. He always dots the i’s and crosses the t’s.

to mind one's p's and q's
To be very careful to behave correctly.
When we go to visit, do remember to mind your p's
and q's, children. Don't be impolite.

15 minutes of fame (only in this plural form)
A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry
with fame, after which the person or subject
involved is quickly forgotten.

Answer Key

Write the numbers in words:
The doctor took the child’s temperature. It was thirty nine point eight. (39.8 ̊)
It was cold this morning. The temperature was minus four degrees. ( -4 ̊)
The forecast maximum temperature for London tomorrow is nineteen degrees Celsius. ( 19 ̊C )
The word degrees is understood when we speak about temperature and is only added for clarification.
Celsius is added when talking about other countries so there is no confusion with degrees Fahrenheit .( 79 ̊F)
Two and a half per cent of the Australian population is of Aboriginal descent. (2 ½ %)
She used a kilo and a half of fruit in that pie. (1 ½ kg) (or one and a half kilos)
I’ll have to eat less. I’ve put on a kilo since Christmas. (1 k)
This recipe uses three quarters of a cup of milk. (3/4 cup)
There was a twenty five percent discount on everything in the store. ( 25%)
% Per cent or percent
A truck delivered over three cubic metres of topsoil for the garden next door. (3 m 3 )