») Reading
Sometimes the information must be
extremely accurate
When we deal with numbers, we abo use
2) Decimals, such as 6.43 and we read sik
point fourshree, of 9.02 and we rea nine
paint B (oh) two. In English we we afl
Sop () and neta corina (for decimals
When the numbers refer to monty,
£15.30, we say fitcen pounds tiny
1) Pevcentages such as 25% and we read
twentyslve percent, or 3%6 and we read
three percent.
Fractions, such as 3/8 we read a the
sights or 4/9 we read asfourcinths
But Took at these: 1/4 we read a5 one
‘quarer~ 1/2-we read as oneal 1/3 we
read as one third.
‘As you can se, the top numbers read as
‘2 cacdinal number The bottom number i
‘ead as an ordinal rumbet
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«The information about yer is also read
in a special way. We sy: 1675 ~ sixteen
seventy ve, oF 1984 ~ nineteen eghy-fout
But in the new mieriuen we read the Yeor
45 2009 two thousand, or 2003 two
theasand and thre. roa from the year
2010 onwards, we wl say O90 thousand
and ten oe maybe twenty tery wich seems
trore probable # we compare he other
Gates eg. the year 1016 e) Finally,
hathematica gumbo are read Hike this
44 +5 four PLUS five, 7 « 3 seven, TIMES
thvee, 8-2 eight MINUS two, 10 :5 ten
QMDED BY five
Squares ke 5* or 8 reread fve squared or
ght squared.
Ces ke 7? or 9 ae read seven cubed oF
pine cubed
‘Ard the symbol forthe square rot is read,
for instance, Fa the square root of four a