Vocabulary C17 Numbers, fractions and percentages

1 (§) Play Track 53. Listen to the words in Vocabulary reference.

Vocabulary reference

Decimals
0.75 (zero / nought) point seven five 2.6 two point six
28.3 twenty-eight point three 3.657 three point six five seven

Percentages
25% twenty-five per cent 8.56% eight point five six per cent

Fractions
1/ 2 a / one half 1/ 4 a / one quarter 1/ 3 a / one third
5/ 6 five-sixths 3/ 7 three-sevenths 1/ 8 an / one eighth

Mathematical symbols
+ plus / add / and - minus / take away x times / multiplied by = equals / is / is equal to
-i- divided by 32 three squared 43 four cubed 510 five to the power of ten
A>B A is greater than B A<B A is less than B

Temperatures
32° C thirty-two degrees Celsius / Centigrade
90° F ninety degrees Fahrenheit
-3° F minus three degrees Fahrenheit

Large numbers
8,567,923 eight million, five hundred and sixty-seven thousand, nine hundred and twenty-three
9,416,892 nine million, four hundred and sixteen thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two
18,576,951 eighteen million, five hundred and seventy-six thousand, nine hundred and fifty-one

Metric and imperial weights and measures

length liquid measure
in inch fl oz fluid ounce
cm centimetre cm2 cubic centimetre
ft foot / feet gal gallon
m metre lit litre
yd yard
km kilometre
mi mile

weight speed
oz ounce mph miles per hour
g gram kph kilometres per hour
lb pound
kg kilogram
ton
(metric) tonne

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2 Rewrite the percentages as fractions, then write the fractions in words.
1 20% V 5 ......................... one; fifth......... 4 750/ ........................
2 25% ..................................................... 5 80% .....................
3 33.3% ..................................................... 6 90% .....................

3 (§) Play Track 54. Listen and complete the sentences.

1 One kg is equal t o ........................lbs.
2 One mile eq u als........................ km.
3 3 cm3 = ........................ fl oz.
4 60°F is the same a s ........................ °C.
5 On the Fahrenheit scale, water freezes a t ..........................
6 A gallon of water is equal t o ........................litres.

4 (§) Play Track 55. Listen and write the symbols and numbers.
1 6 .................
2 ................................................. 7 ....................
3 ................................................. 8 ....................
4 ................................................. 9 ....................
5 ................................................. 10 ....................

5 (§) Play Track 56. Listen and write how many words it takes to say these numbers. (Count
hyphenated words as two numbers, e.g., ninety-eight = two words.)
1 20,482 ......................................................................................................................................................
2 58,926 ......................................................................................................................................................
3 4,000,001 ......................................................................................................................................................
4 10,500,000 ......................................................................................................................................................
5 79,425,672 ......................................................................................................................................................

6 (§) Play Track 57. Listen to a lecture on uranium production and complete the notes.

World production in (1 ).....................= ( 2 ) ...................... tonnes

Canada ( 3 ) ................................ tonnes
A u stralia ( 4 ) .......................tonnes
E stim ated percentage of world resources:
A ustralia ( 5 ) ...................... ( 6 ) n e a rly.....................
Canada ( 7 ) ....................
China (<3)....................
India ( 9 ) .....................
To produce nuclear warhead:
( 10) .................... tonnes unprocessed uranium - * ( 11) .................... tonnes yellow cake
(1 2 )..................... kg weapons-grade uranium (1 3 )...................... , or (1 4 )..................... kg civil-grade
uranium = (1 5 )..........................kwh.

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