Fractions

We can describe numbers smaller than one by using decimals or fractions. Today,
most systems use decimals, but it is still useful to know how to read and say simple
fractions in English.

Look at these examples of fractions:

We write: We say:

½ a half OR one half

¼ a quarter OR one
_________________

¾ three
__________________s

⅓ a third OR _________ third

⅔ ______________ thirds

⅕ a fifth OR _______
__________________

⅗ _____________ fifths

⅛ an eighth OR one
__________________

⅝ _________
_______________
 1½ one and a _____________

5¾ five and ___________

__________________s

Decimal numbers
We can describe numbers smaller than one by using fractions or decimals. Today,
the decimal system is more common than fractions.

To indicate a decimal number we use a point (.) and this includes money such as dol-
lars and cents.

Look at these decimal examples:

We write: We say:

0.3 zero point _____________

3.45 three point four five

(NOT three point forty-five)

9.71 nine point _________ ____________

11.58 ____________ point __________

______________

98.41 ninety-___________ point ___________

___________

700 seven hundred

 7,000 seven thousand

3,520 three thousand five hundred and twenty

26,483 twenty-six thousand four hundred and eighty-

three

88,483 Eighty-eight thousand four hundred and eighty-

three

4,335,261 Four million three hundred and thirty-five thou-

sand two hundred and sixty-one

Ordinal numbers

We write: We say:

June 9th June ninth

May 1st May first

4/2 April second

9 / 10 September tenth

11 / 4 November fourth
July 3rd July third

1 / 23 January twenty-third

2 / 15 February fifteenth

My birth-
March eleventh
day