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UNIT
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Financial statements and ratios
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Choose the best way to say these numbers and equations. (Sometimes more than one way
is possible.)
Saying numbers in English
Notice how we use the decimal point in English:
6.02
six point oh two
0.04
zero (or nought) point oh four
0.007
zero point double oh seven
56.345
fifty-six point three four five [NB: single numbers after the decimal!]
Here commas – and not decimal points – are used:
Note the following:
12,076
twelve thousand and seventy-six
1,000,000
one million
2,534,210 two million, five hundred and thirty-four
1,000,000,000 one billion
thousand, two hundred and ten
Sums of money:
€
3.67
three euro
s
sixty-seven OR
three euro sixty-seven
$5 m
five million dollar
s
Note how we say years:
1987 nineteen eighty-seven
2003 two thousand and three
2030 two thousand and thirty (or twenty thirty)
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Work with a partner to check on some figures. Use the information in your Partner File to make
a phone call.
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PARTNER FILES
Partner A page 50
Partner B page 52
23.56
a
twenty-three comma fifty-six
1999
a
nineteen ninety-nine
b
twenty-three point fifty-six
b
nineteen hundred ninety-nine
c
twenty-three point five six
c
nineteen nine nine
d
two three point five six
d
one nine nine nine
10,001
a
one thousand and one
2003
a
two thousand three
b
ten thousand one
b
two double oh three
c
ten thousand and one
c
two thousand and three
d
one triple oh one
d
twenty oh three
£63.30
a
sixty-three pound and thirty pence
b
sixty-three pounds and thirty pence
c
sixty-three pounds and thirteen pence
d
sixty-three pounds thirty
5,400,342
a
five hundred thousand, four hundred, three hundred and forty-two
b
five million, four hundred thousand, three hundred and twenty-four
c
five million, four hundred thousand, three hundred and forty-two
d
five billion, four hundred thousand, three hundred and twenty-four
€
45,638
a
forty-five thousand, six hundred and thirty-eight euro
b
forty-five thousand, six hundred and eighty-three euro
c
forty-five thousand, six hundred and three eight euro
d
forty-five, sixty-three, eight euro
Now listen and check your answers.
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