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NUMERALS
Ex.1. Write the numbers and practise saying them.
1. seven hundred and fifty (BrE) = seven hundred fifty (AmE)
2. nine hundred and ninety-nine
3. one thousand four hundred and forty six
4. nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
5. seven hundred and fifty thousand
6. two hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven
7. ten thousand and one
8. seven and a half million
9. one million, two hundred and twenty-five thousand
10. three hundred and three million
11. three point nine per cent
12. twelve point five per cent
Ex.2. Write the figures in words, then practise saying them.
1. 100; 101; 175; 210; 777
2. 1,000; 1,040; 1,100; 2,400
3. 100,000; 260,127; 500,000; 999, 900
4. 1,000,000; 1,225,375; 2,666,300; 4,385,567
Ex.3. Read aloud the following information about the total area of some countries.
1. With the third-largest population in the world after China and India, the USA is the fourth largest country in the world. The total area of the country is 9,629,091square kilometres.
2. In comparison, the total area of the United Kingdom is 242,900 square kilometers.
3. The total area of the largest country in the world, Russia, is 17,098,242 square kilometres.
4. The worlds second largest country, Canada occupies the whole of the northern part of the North American Continent. The total area of Canada is 9,984,670 sq. km.
Do you know the total area of your country?
Ex.4. How would you say these sums of money in English?
$1 or $1.00 one dollar; $25.01 twenty-five dollars and one cent
1. $8.75; $34.10; $432; $5,642; $3,350.55; $26,836,000;
2. 10.50; 1,280; 150, 263; 1,786,000;
3. ₤150.99; ₤255,000; ₤805,600; ₤1,490,000
Ex. 5. Write these numbers in a decimal form.
1. three hundred twenty-one point seven - 321.7
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2. one hundred twenty seven point five
3. eight hundred seventy-three point four
4. twenty-five point nine eight seven
5. nought point five four eight
6. nought point five five
7. nought point oh one
8. nought point oh oh one
Ex.6. Compare and read the following numbers out.
1. 3,141 and 3.141
2. 15.001 and 15,001
3. 26.012 and 26,012
4. 1.125 and 1,125
5. 7,010 and 7.010
6. 2.012; 2,212; the year 2012
7. 1.917; 1,917; the year 1917
8. 21.019 and 21,019
Ex.7. Read the sentences aloud.
1. The most common item of lost property on London transport is the umbrella. 23,250 umbrellas were handed in to London transport lost property offices last year.
2. The country with the most telephones in the world is Monaco. It has 733 telephones per 1 000 population.
3. The smallest country in the world is the Vatican City with an area of 1.14 square kilometres and a population of 826.
4. We opened our new office on 5 April, 2000.
5. Visits to our website have increased to 82,000 daily. We now have over 400,000 regular users.
6. Sales increased from 5m to 5.8m. And we expect to increase our sales target by at least 50% and become the leading on-line designer clothing company.
7. We can usually offer a discount of 1/3 off the list price.
8. $1,000,000? But thats over 1,090,000!
9. For more information, call free phone 0800 521 382.
10. You can also fax on 1569 242 677.
11. Call me at the office. You can usually catch me there after 8.30.
12. It takes me 3/4 of an hour to walk to the office.
13. 14% of land is privately owned, which is a small percentage.
14. Its either 0.431 or 4.031, I cant remember.
15. No, its 14,236, not 14.236!
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