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15Mins Live Podcast - 英文數字 PARTII 說出價格、小數點、與百分比,幾分之幾 Money, decimals, percentages and fractions

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主題:英文數字 PARTII 說出價格、小數點、與百分比,幾分之幾 Money, decimals, percentages and fractions

How to Say Percentages 

You read percentages as the number followed by "percent:"

  • 37% - thirty-seven percent
  • 12% - twelve percent
  • 87% - eighty-seven percent
  • 3% - three percent

How to Say Numbers With Decimals 

You read decimals as the number followed by "point." Next, say each number beyond the point individually:

  • 2.36 - two point three six
  • 14.82 - fourteen point eight two
  • 9.7841 -nine point seven eight four one
  • 3.14159 - three point one four one five nine (that's Pi!)

How to Talk About Fractions 

You read the top number as a single number, followed by the ordinal number + "s:"

  • 1/2 - one-half
  • 1/3, 2/3 - one third, two-thirds
  • 1/4, 3/4 - one-quarter (one-fourth), three quarters (three-fourths)
  • 3/8 - three-eighths
  • 5/16 - five-sixteenths
  • 7/8 - seven-eighths

Talking About Money 

When you see a price such as $60, read the currency first then the number: Sixty dollars.

If the amount includes cents, express the dollar amount first, followed by the cents:

  • $43.35 - forty-three dollars and thirty-five cents
  • $120.50 - one hundred twenty dollars and fifty cents

Native speakers often just say the dollar number and then the cents number and drop "dollars" and "cents"

  • $35.80 - thirty-five eighty
  • $175.50 - one hundred seventy-five fifty

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