NUMBERS

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One of the most frequent problems is pronouncing numbers in an understandable way. Even native speakers sometimes double check if a customer said sixteen or sixty. Big difference if you get the order wrong!

NUMBER	SPOKEN	SPOKEN	NUMBER
13	Thir-TEEN	THIR-ty	30
14	Four-TEEN	FOUR-ty	40
15	Fif-TEEN	FIF-ty	50
16	Six-TEEN	SIX-ty	60
17	Seven-TEEN	SEV-en-ty	70
18	Eight-TEEN	EIGHT-ty	80
19	Nine-TEEN	NINE-ty	90

NUMBER	SPOKEN	NUMBER	SPOKEN
1	One	11	Eleven
2	Two	12	Twelve
3	Three	13	Thirteen
4	Four	20	Twenty
5	Five	21	Twenty one
6	Six	30	Thirty
7	Seven	100	*One hundred
8	Eight	101	One hundred and one
9	Nine	110	One hundred and ten
10	Ten	1000	*One thousand

ORDINAL

NUMBER	SPOKEN	NUMBER	SPOKEN
1st	First	21st	Twenty-first
2nd	Second	22nd	Twenty-second
3rd	Third	23rd	Twenty-third
4th	Fourth	24th	Twenty-fourth
5th	Fifth	25th	Twenty-fifth
6th	Sixth	…
7th	Seventh	30th	Thirtieth
8th	Eighth	31st	Thiry-first
9th	Ninth	32nd	Thirty-second
10th	Tenth	…
11th	Eleventh	50th	Fiftieth
12th	Twelfth	60th	Sixtieth
13th	Thirteenth	100th	One hundredth
15th	Fifteenth	101st	One hundred and first
16th	Sixteenth	102nd	One hundred and second
17th	Seventeenth	103rd	One hundred and third
18th	Eighteenth	…
19th	Nineteenth	1000th	One thousandth
20th	Twentieth

MONEY

AMOUNT	SPOKEN AS	OR
$65.50	Sixty-five fifty	Sixty five dollars and fifty cents
€ 8.88	Eight eighty-eight	Eight euros eighty-eight cents
¥2,005	Two thousand and five	Two thousand and five yen

DATE

DATE	SPOKEN	DATE	SPOKEN
1-Jan	January – first	10-May	May – tenth
2-Jan	January – second	17-Aug	August – seventeenth
14-Feb	January – fourteenth	25-Dec	December – twenty fifth
8-Mar	March – eighth	21-Oct	October – twenty first
6-Apr	April – 6th	30-Sep	September - thirtieth

YEARS

YEAR	SPOKEN
2005	Two-thousand and five
1991	Nineteen ninety-one
2014	Twenty – fourteen
2055	Twenty – fifty five

1. 1 January 1996 -- The first of January, nineteen – ninety six
2. January 1, 1996 -- January – first, nineteen – ninety six

BIG NUMBERS

NUMBER	SPOKEN
Number 1,991	*One thousand, nine hundred and ninety one
Number 2,014	Two thousand and fourteen
Number 1,356,653	*One million, three hundred and fifty six thousand, six hundred and fifty three

*) We can subtitute “one” by “a”. So we can say “a thousand” instead of “one thousand”

LITTLE NUMBER: Fractions

Fractions are usually spoken as ordinal numbers:

NUMBER	SPOKEN	VARIANT
1/3	One third	A third
1/5	One fifth	A fifth
2/3	Two thirds
3/10	Three tenths
3 2/5	Three and two fifths

Exeptions and Variants

NUMBER	SPOKEN	VARIANT
½	A half	One half
¼	A quarter	One fourth
¾	Three quarters	Three fourths
2¼	Two and a quarter	Two and one fourth
3½	Three and a half
5¾	Five and three quarters	Five and three fourths

DECIMAL and PERCENTAGE

NUMBER	SPOKEN	NUMBER	SPOKEN
50%	Fifty percent	0.3	Zero point three
65%	Sixty five percent	1.5	One point five
77%	Sevent seven percent	2.3	Two point three
99%	Ninety nine percent	3.05	Three point zero five
100%	One hundred percent	4.9	Four point nine
		10.005	Ten point double oh five

*) We can subtitute “zero” by “oh”, except before decimal.

MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS

EQUATION	SPOKEN
+	Plus, and
-	Minus, negative
×	Times, Multiplied by
÷	Divided by
=	Equals, is
>	Greater than
<	Less than
X2	Squared
X3	Cubed
X10	To the power of tenth

Question:

1. How much is 1 plus 2?
2. t is 1 plus 2? (more common)

EQUATION	SPOKEN
1 + 2 = 3	One plus two equals three
	One and two is three
8 ÷ 2 = 4	Eight divided by two is four
2 × 3 = 6	Two times three is six
	Two multiplied by three is six
5 > 2	Five is greater than two
2 < 5	Two is less than five
122 = 144	12 squared is 144
33 = 27	3 cubed is 27
210 = 1,024	2 to the power of 10th is 1,024

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