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English for Computing (Vocabulary). Week 4. Numbers. Cardinal numbers: Arabic: 1, 2, 3, 4, ... Roman: I, II, III, IV, ... As in 1 ton, 2 tons Ordinal numbers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th As in; the eleventh person, 22 nd of May, April the 3 rd Nominal numbers As in +9140233451, or “87”.
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Numbers • Cardinal numbers: Arabic: 1, 2, 3, 4, ... Roman: I, II, III, IV, ... • As in 1 ton, 2 tons • Ordinal numbers 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th • As in; • the eleventh person, 22nd of May, April the 3rd • Nominal numbers • As in +9140233451, or “87”
Fractions • Ordinal: • a half (1/2) • a third or one third (1/3), two thirds (2/3) • a quarter (1/4), three quarters (3/4) • a fifth or one fifth(1/5), 2 fifths (2/5) • three thousandths (3/1000) • Mathematical: • seventy over nine-hundred and two (70/902) • five point six (5.6) • Zero point six or point six (0.6 or .6)
Reading/Writing units • Units: • 10 kilograms, 5 miles, 5.2 meters • 10 inches, 5 centimeters • Abbreviations: • 10 kg: still re%adas 10 kilograms • 0.5 in: half an inch or zero point five inches • Scalars and other measures: • 10 km/h: ten kilometers per hour • 640x480: six forty by four eighty
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