53925 numbers in english

Reading out numbers (figures) in English
cardinal numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 … (odd : 1, 3, 5, 7 … even: 2, 4, 6, 8…)
ordinal numbers: 1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th,…
1 and

In British English, we use and between the hundreds and the tens.
310 - three hundred and ten (US three hundred ten)
5,642 - five thousand, six hundred and forty-two
786,450 – seven hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred and fifty
234,700,000 – two hundred and thirty-four million seven hundred thousand
2 Fractions
5½ = five and a half
¼ = a quarter
4/5 = four fifths
2/3 = two thirds
⅛ = one eighth

⅓ = a third
⅜ = three eighths
¾ = three quarters
6/7 = six sevenths
1⅔ = one and two thirds

We use a singular verb after fractions: Three quarters of a ton is too much.
3 Decimals
0.125
3.7
0.1
1.25
2.1368
1.057

4.0098

(nought) point one two five
three point seven
(nought) point one/ (zero) point one
one point two five
two point one three six eight
one point oh five seven
four point zero zero nine eight

4 nought, zero, nil, oh, love
0 is usually called nought in British English, and zero in American English.
When we say numbers one figure at a time, 0 is often called oh..
• My account number is four one three oh six.
In measurements of temperature, 0 is called zero.
• Zero degrees Centigrade is thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit.
Zero scores in team games are called nil (American zero).
Zero in tennis and similar games is called love.
5 Telephone numbers
We say each figure separately. When the same figure comes twice, we usually
say double (British English only).
• 307 4922 three oh seven four nine double two.

6 Kings and Queens
• Henry VIII (Henry the Eighth)
• Louis XIV (Louis the Fourteenth)
7 Floors
The ground floor of a British house is the first floor of an American house; the
British first floor is the American second floor, etc.
8 a and one

We can say a hundred or one hundred, a thousand or one thousand. One is more
formal.
• I want to live for a hundred years.
• Pay Mr J Baron one thousand pounds. (on a cheque)
We only use a at the beginning of a number. Compare:
• a hundred
vs
three thousand one hundred
We can use a with other measurement words.
• a pint
a foot
a mile
9 Plurals without -s
After a number or determiner, hundred, thousand, million and dozen have no
final -s. Compare:
• five hundred pounds
vs.
hundreds of pounds
• several thousand times
vs.
It cost thousands.
10 Money
• 1p
• 5p
• £3.75
• € 4.85

one penny or a penny
five pence
three pounds seventy-five

four euros eighty-five

11 Adjectives
When expressions of measurement, amount and quantity are used as adjectives,
they are normally singular.
a five-pound note
a ten-mile walk
six two-hour lessons
a three-month-old baby
We can use possessives in expressions of time.
a week’s holiday
four days‘ journey
12 there are . ..
When we count the number of people in a group, we often use the structure
there are + number + of+ pronoun.
• There are only seven of us here today.
• There were twelve of us in my family.


13 Spoken calculations
Common ways of calculating are:
• 2 + 2=4
two and two is/are four (informal)
two plus two equals four (formal)
• 7 - 4=3
four from seven is three (informal)
seven minus four equals three (formal)
• 3×4 = 12
three times four are twelve (informal)
three multiplied by four equals twelve (formal)

• 9 / 3=3
nine divided by three equals three
14 Dates
30 March 1993 March the thirtieth, nineteen ninety-three
the thirtieth of March, nineteen ninety-three
1200
twelve hundred
1305
thirteen hundred and five
thirteen O five
1910
nineteen ten
2005
two thousand and five
55 BC
fifty-five BC (before Christ)
AD53/ 53 AD AD fifty-three/ fifty-three AD(Anno Domini)
15 Others
4² = four squared
7³ = seven cubed
10m * 12 m = ten metres by twelve meters
60% = sixty per cent
Speed 100 mph (miles per hour)
Weight 80 kg (kilograms) OR 42 lbs (pounds)
temperature 28° C (celsius) OR 72° F (fahrenheit)
height 1 m 89 cm
1. one and a half l
They left one and a half hours ago.
2. a dozen = (12)
2 dozen roses

3. One out of ten pupils
Every tenth pupil
4. They welcomed the new couple one by one.
The people were stnading in the queue in twos.
The miners descended into the pit in groups of three.

Read them out.
56% _________________________________________________
₤2.3 __________________________________________________
0.258 _________________________________________________
3076549880 (telephone) __________________________________
5+7 = 12 ______________________________________________
2-0 (match) ____________________________________________
⅞____________________________________________________
⅓ ____________________________________________________
50p ___________________________________________________
450,670 _______________________________________________
James I ________________________________________________
65 mph ________________________________________________
6² _____________________________________________________
1500 AD _______________________________________________
18/6 = 3 ________________________________________________
15-0 (tennis) _____________________________________________
€ 1.85 __________________________________________________
5³ ______________________________________________________
⅔ ______________________________________________________
9-2 = 7 __________________________________________________
2.8906 __________________________________________________
289,906 _________________________________________________
100% ___________________________________________________

1603 BC _________________________________________________
4*5 = 20 _________________________________________________
25 lbs ___________________________________________________
Elisabeth II _______________________________________________
$ 5.50 ___________________________________________________
8½ ______________________________________________________
0.9 ______________________________________________________
567,120,238 _______________________________________________
2010 (date) ________________________________________________
a boy who’s 2 years old: a _________________________________________
25.5 % _________________________________________________________
the second floor in the UK = ____________________ floor in the USA
three dozen eggs = _______________________ (how many?) eggs
George IV ______________________________________________________