How to read numbers, decimals, and fractions
American English leaves the ‘and’ out.
1. Decimals
Read decimals as the given number point XYZ
2.36 => two point three six
2.
Percentages
Read percentages as the number followed
by ‘percent’
37% => thirty seven percent
3. Fractions
Read the top number as a cardinal
number, followed by the ordinal number + ‘s’
3/8 => three eighths
Expressions
Here are the descriptive names of a number of important numerical expressions:
Speed 100 mph
(miles per hour)
Weight 80 kg (kilograms) OR 42 lbs (pounds)
telephone number 0171 895 7056
decimal .087 (point zero eight seven)
date 12/04/65 (The Twelveth of April Nineteen
Sixty Five)
percentage 75% (Seventy Five Percent)
temperature 28° C (celsius) OR 72° F (fahrenheit)
height 1 m 89 cm (One Metre and
Eighty Nine Centimetres)
price $60
(Sixty dollars)
fraction 8/13
(Eight Thirteenth)
Thank you kha, your English information is very useful for me kha.
fraction 8/13 (Eight Thirteenth)
ไม่ใช่ Eight Thirteenths
ถ้า เป็นตัวแปรเช่น 1/R จะอ่านว่าอย่างไรครับ