English for Business Life Elementary

20 USEFUL INFORMATION
20.1 Cardinal num bers
1 one 19 nineteen
2 two 20 twenty
3 three 21 twenty-one
4 four 22 twenty-two
5 five 23 twenty-three
6 six 24 twenty-four
7 seven 25 twenty-five
8 eight 26 twenty-six
9 nine 27 twenty-seven
10 ten 28 twenty-eight
11 eleven 29 twenty-nine
12 twelve 30 thirty
13 thirteen 40 forty
14 fourteen 50 fifty
15 fifteen 60 sixty
16 sixteen 70 seventy
17 seventeen 80 eighty
18 eighteen 90 ninety
0 oh or zero
12 twelve or a dozen
100 one hundred or a hundred
106 one hundred and six or one
hundred six (US)
556 five hundred and fifty-six
1000 or 1,000 one thousand or a thousand
5001 or 5,001 five thousand and one
10 000 or 10,000 ten thousand
1,000,000 or lm one million or a million
200m
two hundred million
1,000,000,000 or lbn one billion or a billion
llObn
a hundred and ten billion
0.4 point four or nought point four
0.5126 nought point five one two six
i
4 one quarter or a quarter (informal)
1
2 one half or a half (informal)
3
4 three-quarters
5_
16 five-sixteenths
25% twenty-five per cent
100% a hundred per cent
12\% twelve and a half per cent
55.5% fifty-five point five per cent
Notes
1 The point (.) is used to show decimals. The comma (,) is
used to show thousands or millions or billions.
2 After the decimal point, you read number by number.
3 The difference between numbers like 13 (thirteen) and
30 (thirty) is sometimes difficult to hear, so it may be
necessary to say one-three, three-oh when repeating.
4 British people normally say and after hundreds. Americans
usually leave and out.
5 There is often no comma in 1000.
20.2 Ordinal num bers
1st first 24th twenty-fourth
2nd second 25 th twenty-fifth
3rd third 26 th twenty-sixth
4th fourth 27th twenty- seventh
5th fifth 28 th twenty-eighth
6th sixth 29th twenty-ninth
7th seventh 30th thirtieth
8th eighth 40th fortieth
9th ninth 50th fiftieth
10th tenth 60th sixtieth
20 th twentieth 70th seventieth
21st twenty-first 80th eightieth
22nd twenty-second 90th ninetieth
23rd twenty-third 100th hundredth
20.3 Telephone num bers
We say each figure separately. When the same figure comes
twice, we can say double. 0 is said as zero or as oh:
e.g. 020 259 366 zero (or oh) two zero, two five nine,
three six six (or three double six)
20.4 Some telephone alphabets
American British International
A Able Andrew Amsterdam
B Baker Benjamin Baltimore
C Charlie Charlie Casablanca
D Dog David Denmark
E Easy Edward Edison
F Fox Frederick Florida
G George George Gallipoli
H How Harry Havana
I Item Isaac Italy
J Jig Jack Jerusalem
I< King King Kilogram
L Love Lucy Liverpool
M Mike Mary Madagascar
N Nan Nelly New York
O Oboe Oliver Oslo
P Peter Peter Paris
Q Queen Queenie Quebec
Reference section 113