numbers

379

Thee hundred and seventy-nine / three hundred seventy-nine

5,084

five thousand and eighty-four

2,550,000

two million, five hundred and fifty thousand / two million, five hundred fifty thousand (AM)

3,000,000,000

three billion

2,860

two thousand eight hundred and sixty / two thousand eight hundred sixty

470,000

four hundred and seventy thousand / four hundred seventy thousand

des milliers de personnes

thousands of people;

Le 4 janvier

4 January (or 4th January), the fourth of January or January the fourth.

1997

nineteen ninety-seven

1905

nineteen hundred and five or nineteen oh five

1.25

one point two five

1.33

one point three three

1.5

one point five

3.05

three point oh five

0.67

zero/nought point six seven

1/2

a half

1/3

a third

1/4

a quarter

3/4

three quarters

2/3

two thirds

5/8

five eighths

1 ½

one and a half

1¼

one and a quarter

1 1/3

one and a third

1¾

one and three quarters

26%

twenty-six per cent

Plus de 50% est la majorité

More than 50% is the majority;

Moins de 50% est la minorité

less than 50% is the minority.

s'entraîner (calculer)

working out (calculating)

+

addition

:

division

-

subtraction

6 + 4 = 10

(six plus/and four equals/is ten)

6 - 4 = 2

(six minus four equals/is two

6 x 4 = 24

(six times/multiplied by four equals/is twenty-four)

4 ÷ 2 = 2

four divided by two equals/is two

The population of the European countries totalled / came to/ was 740 million in 2010.

La population des pays européens s'élevait à 740 millions d'habitants en 2010.

telephone number: 02 380 54 46

oh two, three eight oh, five four, four six or zero two, three eight zero, five four, four six

mathematics: 0.7

nought/zero point seven

mathematics: 6.02

six point oh two

temperature: - 10 degrés

ten degrees below zero / minus ten degrees

football: 2 - 0

two nil

footbal : 0-0

nil all

tennis: 40-0

forty love

les nombres impairs

odd numbers (e.g. 3, 5, 7)

Les nombres pairs

even numbers (e.g. 2, 4, 6)

J’ai eu 16/20

I got 16 out of 20 on our last test.

Room / bus and flight numbers: room 708

seven oh eight.

Leopold III , Henry VIII

Leopold the Third, Henry the Eighth

6:00

It's 6 o'clock.

6:05

it's 5 past 6 or It's six oh five.

6:15

It's quarter past 6 or It's six fifteen.

6:30

It's half past 6 or It's six thirty.

6:35

It's 25 to 7 or It's six thirty-five.

6:45

It's quarter to seven or It's six forty-five.

6:55

It's 5 to 7 or It's six fifty-five.

7:00

It's 7o'clock.