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RECYCLING-10 NUMBERS AND DECIMAL POINTS

12 / 01 / 2005

RECYCLING-10 NUMBERS AND DECIMAL POINTS: meaning and examples

Good morning everybody! Today I'm a victim of the horrible virus or flu that is going around, so I've decided to recycle a Daily Vitamin about numbers that we sent last year. I hope you enjoy it. ************************* Today's topic is: Numbers and decimal points in English and how their use differs from numbers and decimal points in Catalan and Spanish. Explanation: Remember that in English the commas and the decimal points with numbers are used in exactly the opposite way as in Spanish and Catalan. One thousand three hundred dollars would be written like this: $1,300 Tres coma cinc/Tres coma cinco would be written like this: 3.5 (Three point five) You should also remember that any numbers to the right of a decimal point are usually pronounced individually and not together. So 1.456 is pronounced one point four five six and NOT one point four hundred and fifty-six. Practice 1: What are the equivalent English numbers for the following Spanish/Catalan numbers? (To see the answers put your cursor over the number, without clicking, and wait for the pop-up.) 1) 3.452.987,02 2) 1,568 3) 0,04 Practice 2: How would you say the English equivalents of the above numbers? Answer 1 (put cursor here) Answer 2 (put cursor here) Answer 3 (put cursor here) If you have any questions about numbers and decimal points, please don't hesitate to contact me. Have a good day and stay healthy!