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Numbers in English

Numbers in English. Numbers in figures. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc…. Numbers in full. One, two, three, four, etc…. Pronunciation. Thirt y (very short) Thir t ee n (looooooong). Spelling numbers. F ou r F ou rteen F o rty (no u). Spelling numbers. Twenty - one Thirty - two

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Numbers in English

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  1. Numbers in English

  2. Numbers in figures 1, 2, 3, 4, etc…

  3. Numbers in full One, two, three, four, etc…

  4. Pronunciation • Thirty (very short) • Thirteen (looooooong)

  5. Spelling numbers • Four • Fourteen • Forty (no u)

  6. Spelling numbers • Twenty-one • Thirty-two • Forty-three Use hyphens for two-word numbers between 21 and 99

  7. Writing numbers 1,333 One thousand three hundred and thirty-three 1.333 One point three three three English is the opposite of Portuguese! Use commas to separate thousands and millions Use points to separate decimals

  8. Saying decimal numbers 1.333 One point three three three Say point, not dot Say each number after the decimal point separately 0.21 Zero point two one 192.03 One hundred and ninety two point zero three

  9. Saying numbers In British English, you always say and after hundred 144 - one hundred and forty-four 262 - two hundred and sixty-two 371 - three hundred and seventy-one 1468 - one thousand, four hundred and sixty-eight And you also say and when the third number to the left is a zero 1044 - one thousand and forty-four 2062 - two thousand and sixty-two 3001 - three thousand and one 1008 - one thousand and eight (in American English, you don’t have to say and)

  10. Saying large numbers and let the commas help you 1 347 890 651 Split the number in groups of three (starting from the right) , , , thousand billion million One billion, three hundred and forty-seven million, eight hundred and ninety thousand, six hundred and fifty-one

  11. Practise saying these numbers 1589 one thousand, five hundred and eighty-nine 8007 eight thousand and seven 10,401 ten thousand, four hundred and one 98,791.541 ninety-eight thousand, seven hundred and ninety-one point five, four, one 10,300,500 ten million, three hundred thousand, five hundred 9,701,888,432 nine billion, seven hundred and one million, eight hundred and eighty-eight thousand, four hundred and thirty-two 683,001,020 six hundred and eighty three million, one thousandand twenty

  12. Million and Billion 7,000,000 Portuguese: sete milhões English: seven million (no “s”) 2,000,000,000 English: two billion (no “s”) Portuguese: dois mil milhões (different system!)

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