Numbers :
Cardinal Numbers
Prices :
Telephone number
This bicycle costs
Rp 1.350.000
My phone number is
0812-674-312
Physical appearance:
Her height is 169 cms Flight number
His weight is 84 kgs Flight number GI 005
will leave for Perth
Time at 7.00 p.m.
1.30 : It’s half past one
How to say numbers in the
hundreds
350 – three hundred (and) fifty
425 – four hundred (and) twenty-five
873 - eight hundred (and) seventy-three
112 - one hundred (and) twelve
NOTE: British English takes ‘and’ following
‘hundred’. American English omits ‘and’
How to say numbers in the
thousands
15,560 – fifteen thousand five
hundred sixty
786,450 – seven hundred six
thousand four hundred fifty
342,713 - three hundred forty-two
thousand seven hundred thirteen
569,045 - five hundred sixty-nine
thousand forty-five
How to say numbers in the
millions
2,450,000 – two million four hundred fifty
thousand
27,805,234 - twenty-seven million eight
hundred five thousands two hundred thirty-
four
934,700,000 – nine hundred thirty-four million
seven hundred thousand
589,432,420 - five hundred eighty-nine million
four hundred thirty-two thousand four hundred
twenty
Billions and Trillions
23,870,550,000 - twenty-three billion
eight hundred seventy million five
hundred fifty thousand
12,600,450,345,000 - twelve trillion
six hundred billion four hundred fifty
million three hundred forty-five
thousand
How to Say Numbers with
Decimals
Speak decimals as the number followed by ‘point’
Next, say each number beyond the point
individually:
0.5 – point five or zero point five
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
How to Talk about Fractions
Cardinal Numerator (Pembilang)
Ordinal Denominator (Penyebut)
1/3 : One third
2/3 : Two thirds
3/8 - three-eighths
5/16 - five-sixteenths
7/8 - seven-eighths
1/32 - one thirty-second
Exception to this rule are:
¼ - one-quarter
¾ - three quarters
1/3 - one third
2/3 - two-thirds
1/2 - one-half
Read numbers together with
fractions by first stating the
number followed by
"and" and then the fraction:
4 7/8 - four and seven-eighths
23 1/2 - twenty-three and one-half
Important Numerical
Expressions
Speed: 100 mph (miles per hour).
Read speed as numbers: One
hundred miles per hour
Weight: 42 lb. (pounds). Read
weight as numbers: forty-two pounds
Telephone numbers: 212-555-
1212. Read telephone numbers in
individual numbers: two one two five
five five one two one two
Dates: 12/04/65. Read dates month,
day, year
Temperature: 72° F
(Fahrenheit). Read temperature as
‘degrees +number’: seventy-two
degrees fahrenheit
Height - 6'2''. Read height in feet
and then inches: six feet two inches
Score - 2-1. Read scores as "number
+ to + number": Two to one
Talking about Money
When you see a price such as $80, read
the currency first then the number: Eighty
dollars.
If the amount includes cents, express the
dollar amount first, followed by the cents:
$43.75 - forty-three dollars and seventy-
five cents
$130.50 - one hundred thirty 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
Telling The Time
06.00 : It’s six o’clock
12.30 : It’s half past twelve
01.15 : It’s a quarter past one
03.10: It’s ten past three
04.35 : It’s twenty five to five
05.45 : It’s a quarter to six
07.55: It’s five to eight
Cardinal Numbers Ordinal
numbers
1st first
1 one
2nd second
2 two
3rd third
3 three
4th fourth
4 four
5th fifth
5 five
6th sixth
6 six
7th seventh
7 seven
8th eighth
8 eight
9th ninth
9 nine
10th tenth
10 ten
11 eleven
11th eleventh
12 twelve
12th twelfth
13 thirteen
13th thirteenth
14 fourteen
14th fourteenth
15 fifteen
15th fifteenth
16 sixteen
16th Sixteenth
17 seventeen
17th Seventeenth
18 eighteen
18th Eighteenth
19 nineteen
19th Nineteenth
20 twenty
20th Twentieth
21 twenty-one 21st Twenty-first
22 twenty-two 22nd Twenty-second
23 twenty-three 23rd twenty-third
24 twenty-four 24th Twenty-fourth
25 twenty-five
25th Twenty-fifth
30 thirty
30th Thirtieth
31st Thirty-first
31 thirty-one 100th One hundredth
100 one hunded 1000th One
1000 one thousand thousandth
The Date
We write:
2nd June
We say:
The second of June
Say these dates:
17thMay
The seventeenth of May.
8th November
The eighth of November
21st October
The twenty-first of October
20th June
The twentieth of June
Examples :
His birthday is on May fifth.
She is third in line, behind the guy in
the cap.
I greeted her first, as she had been
waiting the longest.
The Date
We write:
3/4/04
3rd April 2009
We say:
The third of April, two thousand
and nine.
Years
1995 nineteen ninety- 1493
five 2019
1948 1775
1589 2003
2000 two thousand 2004
2001 two thousand and 2006
one
2002
What’s the Date ?
14/9/1995
It’s the fourteenth of September,
nineteen ninety-five
3/10/77
It’s the third of October, nineteen
seventy-seven.
What’s the Date
4/5/02
It’s the fourth of May, two thousand
and two.
30/7/86
It’s the thirtieth of July, nineteen
eighty-six.
Don’t forget !
It’s
The
of
Dion
1. Born 18/08/71
2. Started school 10/07/76
3. Finished school 15/06/88
4. Started work 2/09/92
5. Got married 3/04/98
6. Son born 12/10/01
7. Went to Canada 20/02/08
8. Dion was born ON the ……..
9. Dion started school ON the ……….
Practice
Say the numbers:
1. The ball is Rp 55.000
2. Today is 7th March 2018
3. Susi is the 4th daughter in her family
4. This sack is heavy. I think it’s about
15 kgs
5. The shirt is Rp 175.000
6. Flight number MA 628 will depart
from Gate 4
