Engels: TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION - NUMBERS

400

four hundred

140

a / one hundred and forty

1,006

a / one thousand and six

5,000

five thousand

260,127

two hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven

Hyphen (-)

Tussen tientallen en eenheden: twenty-one

Komma’s

Vanaf 1,000 in groepen van drie: 260,127

Billion (BE/AE)

one billion = 1,000,000,000

Biljoen

trillion

uitspraak 0 bij Wiskunde

zero / nought

uitspraak 0 bij Telefoonnummers

oh

uitspraak 0 bij Temperaturen

below zero

0.02

zero/nought oh two

09 242 02 15

oh nine two four two oh two one five

-5°C

below zero

voorschot

deposit

bestelling

order

navraag doen

inquiry

offerte

quotation

factuur

invoice

btw

VAT (Value Added Tax)

opeenvolging van cijfers

random sequences of digits

102

a/one hundred and two

1,040

a/one thousand and forty

1,235

one thousand two hundred and thirty-five

1,140

one thousand, one hundred and forty

1/2

a half

1/4

a quarter

3/4

three quarters

1/8

an eighth

4/9

four ninths

2 5/7

two and five sevenths

numerator

teller

denominator

noemer

vulgar fraction

gewone breuk

317/509

three hundred and seventeen over five hundred and nine

0.5

point five

8.04

eight point oh four (BE)

3.37

three point three seven (BE)

3.37 (AE)

three point thirty-seven

50%

fifty per cent / percent

3½%

three and a half per cent

7.75%

seven point seven five per cent

20–30%

from twenty to thirty per cent

1:7

This occurs in a ratio of one to seven.

21 March

March the twenty-first / the twenty-first of March

2004

two thousand and four / twenty oh four

2012

twenty twelve

<

is less than

>

is more/greater than

√4

the square root of four

³√x

the cube root of x

2²

two squared

3³

three cubed

2⁴

two to the power of four

π

pi

±

plus or minus / approximately

≈

is approximately equal to

2x + 3y − z = 3z/4x

two x plus three y minus z equals three z over four x

in.

1 inch (Length)

ft.

1 foot = 12 inches (Length)

yd.(s)

1 yard = 3 feet (Length)

m.

1 mile = 1,760 yards (Length)

pt.(s)

1 pint (Liquid measure)

gal.(s)

1 gallon (Liquid measure)

oz.

1 ounce (Weights)

lb.(s)

1 pound = 16 ounces (Weights)

st.

1 stone = 14 pounds (Weights)

1 acre
1 square mile =	60 acres

(Square measure)