Listening Numbers Use of English Secondary 6 Whole

Listening: Numbers Use of English ~ Secondary 6

Whole Numbers n Also Cardinal Numbers - used for counting • 100 One hundred • 1, 000 One thousand • 1, 000 One million • 1, 000, 000 One billion

When is a billion not a billion? n n Billion (British English): a million = 1, 000, 000 Billion (American English): a thousand million = 1, 000, 000 The American billion: standard in technical and financial use To avoid confusion… • "million” (1, 000, 000) • "thousand million” (1, 000, 000)

Ordinal Numbers n Used for ranking and arranging orders • 5 th • 8 th • 12 th • 20 th • 21 st • 101 st the the the fifth eighth twelfth twentieth twenty-first hundred and first

Calculations n n n n + Plus (And) - Minus (Take away) X Multiplied by (Times) ÷ Divided by = Equals (Is). Point % Percent

Fractions n Ordinal numbers are often used • 1/8 • 1/4 • 3/4 • 2/3 • 1/2 One eighth One quarter Three quarters Two thirds One half

How to say this? n n Often say "a" instead of "one“ For example… • 100 • 1/2 • 1½ n n "A hundred" "A half“ "One and a half" Decimals: “point” to represent the dot For example… • 1. 36 "One point three six. "

Interesting Numbers (1): “ 0” n 0 = oh • after a decimal point (9. 02 = "Nine point oh two" • in bus or room numbers (Room 101 = "Room one oh one“) (Bus 602 = "Bus six oh two“) • in phone numbers (9130472 = "Nine one three oh four seven two“) • in years (1906 = "Nineteen oh six. “)

Interesting Numbers (1): “ 0” n 0 = nought • before a decimal point (0. 06 = "Nought point oh six”) n 0 = zero • in temperature (-10°C = "10 degrees below zero“) n 0 = nil • in football (Chelsea 2 Manchester United 0 = "Chelsea two Manchester United nil“) n 0 = love • in tennis (30 - 0 = “Thirty love“)

Interesting Numbers (2): “ 6” and “ 12” n n 12 = a dozen 6 = a half dozen • For example, n 12 eggs= "A dozen eggs. " n 6 eggs = "Half a dozen eggs. "

Interesting Numbers (3): Same Numbers in a Row n Usually used in codes or contact numbers (especially telephones) • 00 = double • 000 = triple • 0000 = double… / multiple • How do you say this… n 2255 5345 8888

Be careful with the numbers in the listening test!