NUMBERS BROJEVI 1 FRACTIONS AND DECIMAL NUMBERS razlomci

NUMBERS (BROJEVI)

1 FRACTIONS AND DECIMAL NUMBERS (razlomci i decimalni brojevi) • We say simple fractions like this: ½ a half 1/4 a/one quarter 1/8 an/one eighth 3/7 three sevenths 2/5 two fifths 3 ¾ three and three quarters 6 1/8 six and one eighth • More complex fractions (using the word over): 317/509 three hundred and seventeen over five hundred and nine

2 DECIMALS (decimalni brojevi) 0. 4 nought point four 0. 375 nought point three seven five (NOT nought point three hundred and seventyfive) 4. 7 four point seven

3 NOUGHT, ZERO, NIL etc. • The figure 0 is usually called nought in British English and zero in American English. When we say numbers one figure at a time, 0 is often called oh: My account number is four one three oh six. (41306) • In measurements of temperature, 0 is called zero (followed by a plural noun): 0℃ - zero degrees Celsius • Scores in team games are called nil (in American E. zero or nothing). In tennis, the word love is used: And score at half-time is: Scotland three, England nil. Forty-love; Nadal to serve.

4 TELEPHONE NUMBERS (telefonski brojevi) 307 4922 - three oh seven, four nine double two (American English: three zero seven, four nine two)

5. CARDINAL AND ORDINAL NUMERS (osnovni i redni brojevi) • After a noun we usually use a cardinal number (one, two…) instead of an ordinal number (first, second…). This structure is common in titles: The fourth book – book four The third act – Act Three • However, the names of kings and queens are said with ordinal numbers: Henry VIII: Henry the Eighth Elizabeth II: Elizabeth the Second

6 and • In British English we always say and between hundred/thousand/million and a number below a hundred. In American English and can be dropped: 310 – three hundred and ten 5, 642 – five thousand, six hundred and fortytwo 2, 025 – two thousand twenty-five

7 PUNCTUATION (interpunkcija) • In writing, we generally use commas (, ) to divide large numbers into groups of three figures: 3, 127 (three thousand, one hundred and twentyseven) 5, 460, 000 (five million, four hundred and sixty thousand)

8 five hundred etc. without s • After a number, the words dozen, hundred, thousand, million and billion have no final –s: 210 – two hundred and ten 3, 000 – three million £ 500 – five hundred pounds • However, we say: millions of years hundreds of pounds

9 SPOKEN CALCULATIONS (+, -) • Ways of saying calculations in English are: 2+2=4 Two and two is/are four. (informal) Two plus two equals/is four. (formal) 7 -4=3 Four from seven is/leaves three. (informal) Seven take away four is/leaves three. (informal) Seven minus four equals/is three. (formal)

10 SPOKEN CALCULATIONS (x, ÷) 3 x 4=12 Three fours are twelve. (informal) Three times four is twelve. (informal) Three multiplied by four equals/is twelve. (formal) 9÷ 3 =3 Three(s) into nine goes three (times). (informal) Nine divided by three equals/is three. (formal)