English for Engineering Students

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3 Week
Adnan Fadjar

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Fractions
• 1/8  one eight
• 1/5  one fifth
• 2/5  two fifths
• 1/2  one half or a half
• 1/4  one quarter or a quarter
• 3/4  three quarters
• 1/3  one third
• 2/3  two thirds
• 1 ½  one and a half
• 5 ¾  five and three quarters
• 56/257  fifty‐six over two hundred and fifty‐seven

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A number of ways to say 0 in English

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Letters as numbers
• “k”, letter k is often used to denote a thousand. So, 1k = 1,000
• “m”, letter m is often used to denote a million. So, 1m = 1,000,000
• “bn”, The letters bn denote a billion. So, 1bn = 1,000,000,000

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Basic Math Symbols

or 5 equals 2 + 3

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 plus
times
multiplied
divided
sum
square
subtract
square root
squared
minus

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(1 + 6 ‐ 2) x 2 ÷ 2.5 = 4
one plus six minus two times two divided by two point five equals four

7  8  10  2  32  3 8  28
Seven plus eight minus ten divided by two plus three squared times eight cubed
root equals twenty‐eight

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Area, size and mass, volume and density

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 density
cross‐sectional area

volume
mass

surface area
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