Fractional Numeral

Fractional Numerals express fractions, meaning one or more parts

from a whole number.
Fractions can be Vulgar or Decimal
a) Vulgar Fractions have two terms, the Denominator and the
Numerator

7/10 Numerator/DenominatorIn

In English, the numerator is a cardinal number ( 1, 10, 11) which

is connected to the denominator by means of a slash., the
denominator is an ordinal number. ( the first, the second, the
tenth)

There are a number of rules hich we should apply the moment a

fraction is read.
For example,
1/3 is the numerical equivalent of the fraction, its written form can
also be
A or one third ( one for the numerator, while the denominator is
third)
¾ ( three quarters or three-fourths)
5/8 ( five-eighths)
7/10 ( seven-tenths)
1/31 ( a thirty-first)
5/8( five-eighths)
9/10( nine-tenths)

The Noun determined by number 1 ( one) while used with a fraction

can be either a plural or a singular one, it depends onthe word
order, one the fraction is read.
Notice the following fraction

1 3/4 tons ( one or a ton and three quarters, or one and three
quarter tones)
1 1/2 acts of a play ( one or an act and a half or one and a half acts)

The Noun determined by a plural numeral used with a fraction is a

plural one.
10 ½ kilometres ( is read Ten and or One half kilometres)

b) Decimal fractions

0.75 is read nought decimal or point seven five

Nought is 0
Point/decimal punctul
Seven five 75 ( not seventeen-five)

3.25 is read three point two five

451.628 is read four hundred and fifty-one decimal ( or point) six two
eight
The numerals befor the point are read as a whole number while
those following the point are read individually.
When telling time, however, we read the minutes as a whole
number.
Multiplicative Numeral orthe Multiplier
It expresses the amount by which a certain amount grows

Form
With the exception of the first numeral, the following multipliers are
built by means of -fold formal English

Single, doube ( twofold) , triple[ˈtrɪp(ə)l] , (treble[ˈtrɛb(ə)l] ,

threefold), fourfold, tenfold, a hundredfold, etc.

As adjectives, we can use the Latin numerals

Quadruple [ˈkwɒdrʊp(ə)l, kwɒˈdruːp(ə)l]
Quintuple [ˈkwɪntjʊp(ə)l, kwɪnˈtjuːp(ə)l]
Sextuple [ˈsɛkstjʊp(ə)l, sɛksˈtjuːp(ə)l]
Septuple [ˈsɛkstjʊp(ə)l, sɛksˈtjuːp(ə)l]
Octuple [ˈɒktjʊp(ə)l, ɒkˈtjuːp(ə)l]

Spoken English
Apart from these numerals :once, twice, three times/.thrice [θrʌɪs],
the other multipliers are formed with times

This numeral can function as an adjective, adverb or noun.

The suitacase has a double buttom

Behind the soda there was a fourfold draught-screen.
Production has increased threefold ( or three times)
Fifty is ten times as much as five.
Nine is the treble of three.

Distributive Numeral
It expresses the equal distribution of certain amount or number of
objects
One at a time, two at a time, three at a time, etc
One by one, two by two, three by three, etc
By twos, by threes, by thousands, etc
By the dozen, by the hubdred, by the million, etc
Two and two, three and three, four and four
In ones ( or singly) , in twos ( or in pairs), in threes, in tens
Every day, every other day ( every second day), every three days ( or
every three day), every ten days ( every tenths day), etc

They arrived in twos and threes ( or by twos and threes, in pairs and
threes)
There was a table for every twelve students.
She ran down four steps at a time.
We were given four pounds each.
There were four groups of six men each.

Let us remember the ordina numeral

First 1st
Second 2nd
Third 3rd
Twenty-first 21st
Forty-forth 44th
One hundredth 100th

10 tenth
11 eleventh
12 twefth
13 thirteenth
They are formed by adding -th at the end of the number, except the
first three numbers)

Fourth, sixteen, twenty-seventh, hundredth, n th power

Ordinal number which are spelled differently
fiFth, eighth, ninth, twelFth, twentieth, thirtieth
Ordinal Numbers are used to form the date
Orsinal numbers for the day, ordinal numbers for years)
The thenth of February or February the tenth nineteen seventy-eight
On 3rd June is read on the third of June

The Word Order of the Numeral in certain phrases

The Second World War or World War Two
The Third Book or Book Three
The Second Part or Part Two
The Tenth Lesson or Lesson Ten
The Fourth Act or Act Four
The third item or item three.

When the numeral precedes the noun it is an ordinal numeral, when

it follows the noun it is a cardinal number.

Head of states
William the Fourth Pope Alexander the Sixth Borgia
John Smith the Third

The figure 0 is usuallycalled 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 three one oh(0)
In measurement of temperature , 0 is called zero.
Zero degrees Celsius
Floors
The ground floor of a British house is called first floor of an American
houseș the British first floor is the the second floor in American
English.

And and punctuation

In British English we always use and before the tens in a number.
In American English can be dropped
310 three hundred and ten ( three hundred ten AM E)
5.642 five thousand , six hyndred and sixty-two
In writing we generally use commas (,) to devide large numbers into
groups of three figures, by separating off the thousand and the
millions. Full stops (.)
Are not used in this way.
3,127 ( Not 3.127)
5,466,243
We do not always use commas in four-digit numbers, and they are
not used in dates.
4,126 or 4126

A and One

We can say a hundred or one hundred, a thousand ore one thousand

One is more formal

Eleven hundred
In an informal style we often use eleven hundred, twelve hundred
etc instead of one thousand, one hundred etc.
This is most common with round numbers between 1,100 and 1,900.
We only got fifteen hundred pounds for the car.
The form is used in historical dates
He was born in thirteen hundred
It was buit in fifteen ( hundred and) twenty-nine.
Billion
In American English, a billion is a thousand million. This is now
generally true in British English, but a British billion used to be a
million million, and this still causes misunderstandings among
British speakers.

After a number, dozen, hundred, thousand, million and billion have

no final -s, and of is not used. This also happens after several and a
few
-five hundred pounds
Hundreds of pounds
-several thousand times
It cost thousand
A few million years
Millions of years
Singular forms are used as modifiers before nouns in plural
measuring expressions
A five-pound note a three-mile walk
Six two-hour lessons a three-month-old baby
A four-foot deep hole a six-foot tall man
In an informal style, we often use foot instead of feet, especially
when we talk about people”s heights.
My father is just over six foot two.