1. Numerals Numerals can be divided into: cardinals ordinals fractions
decimals
frequency expressions

2. Cardinals - nought, zero (in mathematics and for temperature)
- nought, zero (in mathematics and for temperature)
- 'oh' (in telephone numbers)
- nil (in sports)
- love (in tennis) – originates from the French word “l’oeuf”

3. Cardinals 100 - a/one hundred
We offer a/one hundred different products.
'a' can only stand at the beginning of a number!!!
100 - a hundred / one hundred
BUT: 2,100 - two thousand one hundred

4. Cardinals 101 - one hundred and one 114 - one hundred and fourteen 124
one hundred and twenty-four
241
- two hundred and forty-one (NOT *two hundreds and forty-one) (note the spelling of forty)
300
- three hundred (NO plural!!!)

5. Separation between hundreds and tens
Hundreds and tens are separated by 'and' (in American English 'and' is not necessary).
110
one hundred and ten
1,250
one thousand two hundred and fifty
2,001
two thousand and one

6. We employ a thousand (one thousand) workers at present.
Cardinals
1,000
a/one thousand
We employ a thousand (one thousand) workers at present.
(NOT: one thousand of)
Note that a coma (,) separates the thousands from the other figures.

7. Cardinals 1,101 - one thousand one hundred and one 3,000
- three thousand (NO plural!!!)
NOT: three thousands
We have three thousand articles on display.
(NOT: three thousands of articles)

8. Cardinals 4,356 four thousand three hundred and fifty-six 6,034
six thousand and thirty-four
5,204
five thousand two hundred and four

9. Cardinals Hundred, thousand and million take a plural –s:
when the number is not precise
after many:
hundreds of customers
thousands of enquiries
many millions of dollars

10. With large numbers use commas as a separator!!!
57,458,302
45,342,001

11. Cardinals US$ 3,456,235,444 1,000,000,000 - a/one billion (milijarda)
three billion four hundred and fifty-six million two hundred and thirty-five thousand four hundred and forty-four American dollars
EXCEPTIONS: YEN/YUAN (both plural and singular)
1,000,000,000, a/one trillion (bilion)
US$ 3,456,235,444

12. Ordinals 1st first 2nd second The first of January. (spoken)
This is the second time we have done
business with you.

13. Ordinals - third This is my third job. 4th
- fourth This is the fourth time this month that we have received wrong goods.
5th
- fifth On the fifth of June. (spoken)
9th
- ninth
12th
- twelfth

14. Ordinals 21st - twenty-first 100th - (one) hundredth
This product took us into the twenty-first century.
100th - (one) hundredth
This is our (one) hundredth trade fair.
101st - (one) hundred and first
1,000th - (one) thousandth
1,000,000th - (one) millionth

15. four - fourth eleven - eleventh
So, the form of ordinal numbers is: just add th to the cardinal number:
four - fourth eleven - eleventh
Exceptions:
one - first – 1st
two - second – 2nd
three - third – 3rd
five - fifth – 5th
eight - eighth
nine - ninth
twelve - twelfth
ninety - ninetieth

16. Ordinals
In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal number:
421st = four hundred and twenty-first
5,111th = five thousand one hundred and eleventh

17. Fractions ½ - (a) half ⅓ - a/one third ⅔ - two-thirds ¼ - (a) quarter
Over (a) half (of) our workers have to commute.
⅓ - a/one third
We offer a discount of one-third off the list price.
⅔ - two-thirds
Over two-thirds of our workers live in the village.
¼ - (a) quarter
The earliest starting time is (a) quarter past eight.

18. It took me three-quarters of an hour to get there.
Fractions
¾ - three-quarters
It took me three-quarters of an hour to get there.
1/ a/one tenth
This is a tenth of our total investment.
1½ - one and a half
The whole procedure took one and a half
hours/one hour and a half.

19. Decimals 2.5% - two point five per cent (NOT: per cents)
three point seven five (NOT: seventy-five)
twenty-six point nought/zero (or 'oh') one two
% thirty-six point four three two per cent
(NOT: four hundred and thirty- two per cents)

20. When there is a dash between two figures it is pronounced to, e.g.:
PERCENTAGES
Per cent is the British spelling, the American English spelling is percent.
When there is a dash between two figures it is pronounced to, e.g.:
20-30% -from twenty to thirty per cent
RATIO
If you see two figures with a colon between them e.g.
1 : 7 you would say a ratio of one to seven or one in seven

21. Dates BrE written: We launched the new product on 5 April 2005.
BrE spoken:
We launched the new product on:
the fifth of April two thousand and five
2. April the fifth, two thousand and five.

22. Dates AmE written: We launched the new product on April 5th 2005.
AmE spoken:
We launched the new product on April fifth, two thousand five.

23. AmE vs BrE
BrE – the tenth of February two thousand and seven
AmE – the second of October two thousand seven
10/2/2007

24. Money £125 - a/one hundred and twenty- five pounds
$ 1m - a/one million dollars
$ six dollars fifty/fifty cents
£ six pounds fifteen
€ 1 bn - a/one billion euros
RSD a/one hundred dinars

25. Dimensions 1. Distance 1 mm - a/one millimetre
50 cm - fifty centimetres
5 m - five metres
7.5 km - seven point five kilometres
2 m x 3 m - two metres by three metres

26. Dimensions 2. Mass 10 g - ten grams
1,000 kg - a/one thousand kilos/kilograms
20 t - twenty tons

27. Dimensions 3. Square measure
100 cm² - a/one hundred square centimetres
10,000 m² - ten thousand square metres

28. Dimensions 4. Capacity measure 10 cl - ten centilitres
2 l - two litres

29. Dimensions 5. Cubic measure
1,000 cm³ - a/one thousand cubic centimetres
100 m³ - a/one hundred cubic metres

30. Mathematical symbols 2 + 2 - two and/plus two
= is/equals/is equal to four
– minus/less two
: divided by six
x times/multiplied by six

31. Mathematical symbols 2 + 2 = 4 two plus two equals four
4 – 2 = 2 four minus two is two
12 : 6 = 2 twelve divided by six is equal to two
8 x 4 = 32 eight multiplied by four is thirty-two

32. Mathematical symbols 2² - two squared 2¹² - two to the power twelve
23 - two cubed
2ⁿ - two to the power n
> - is greater than
< - is less than
/2 - divided by two
1 : 7 - ratio of one to seven

33. Mathematical symbols ≡ - is identical with/is equivalent to
≈ - is approximately equal to
√5 - the square root of five
3√27 - the cube root of twenty-seven
( ) - brackets
  - square brackets
{ } - braces
< > - angle brackets

34. Phone numbers Each figure is said separately. 24 - two four
2. The figure 'O' is called oh.
105 - one oh five
3. Pause after groups of 3 or 4 figures
three seven six, four seven oh five

35. Phone numbers
If two successive figures are the same, in British English you would usually use the word double (in American English you would just say the figure twice)
BE: three seven six, four double seven five
AE: three seven six, four seven seven five

36. Temperature 32°C - thirty-two degrees centigrade
- thirty-two degrees Celsius

37. Mathematical terms (ax)2 ax all squared (a – x)3 a minus x all cubed
a cubed plus x to the fourth