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    This document provides information and examples for how to say and write numbers in English. It outlines the differences between British and American English for numbers from 1 to 1 million, fractions and decimals, dates, money, phone numbers, and route/road numbers. Examples are given for pronunciation and spelling out numbers, as well as conventions for using commas, periods, and words like "pence" or "cents" depending on whether it's British or American English.

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    This document provides information and examples for how to say and write numbers in English. It outlines the differences between British and American English for numbers from 1 to 1 million, fractions and decimals, dates, money, phone numbers, and route/road numbers. Examples are given for pronunciation and spelling out numbers, as well as conventions for using commas, periods, and words like "pence" or "cents" depending on whether it's British or American English.

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    Numbers

    ThisarticlegivesinformationabouthowtosayandwritenumbersinEnglish.Italsooutlinessomeofthedifferencesin
    theuseofnumbersbetweenBritishandAmericanEnglish.

    Numbersfromonetoamillion
    Waysofsayingthenumber0
    Fractionsanddecimals
    Writingfullstopsandcommasinnumbers
    Dates
    Money
    Phonenumbers
    Routeandroadnumbers
    Numbersfromonetoamillion
    1

    one

    21

    twentyone

    84

    eightyfour

    100

    a/onehundred

    200

    twohundred

    432

    BritishEnglishfourhundredandthirtytwo
    AmericanEnglishfourhundredthirtytwo

    1,000

    a/onethousand

    1,001

    a/onethousandandone

    1,100

    onethousandonehundred/elevenhundred

    2,000

    twothousand

    2,932

    BritishEnglishtwothousandninehundredandthirtytwo
    AmericanEnglishtwothousandninehundredthirtytwo

    3,100

    threethousandonehundred
    AmericanEnglishalsothirtyonehundred

    100,000

    a/onehundredthousand

    1,000,000

    a/onemillion

    Sayingainsteadofone
    Youcansayahundredandfifty(150),butNOTtwothousandahundredandfifty(2,150).Saytwothousandonehundred
    andfifty.Peopleoftenuseainsteadofoneinconversation,butitisbettertouseoneintechnicalcontexts.
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    Waysofsayingthenumber0
    Inaseriesofnumbers:
    Youcanpronounce0likethelettero,whenyouaregivingaseriesofnumberssuchasacreditcardnumberoraflight
    number.(Seealsothesectionsonphonenumbersandroadnumbers).
    Indates:
    Sayohingivingthenameofayear,suchas1904('nineteenohfour').
    Inmathematics,science,andtechnicalcontexts:
    BritishEnglish:Saynoughtorzero.
    AmericanEnglish:Sayzero.

    Intemperatures:
    BritishEnglish:Sayzerotorefertofreezingpoint(0Celsiusor32Fahrenheit).
    AmericanEnglish:Sayzerotoreferto0Fahrenheit.
    Insports,forscoresof0:
    BritishEnglish:Saynil.
    AmericanEnglish:Sayzeroornothing.
    Intennis:Saylove.
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    Fractionsanddecimals
    Fractions

    ahalf

    twoandahalf

    aquarter

    threequarters
    AmericanEnglishalsothreefourths

    Decimals
    0.5

    BritishEnglishnoughtpointfive
    AmericanEnglishzeropointfive

    2.5

    twopointfive

    0.25

    BritishEnglishnoughtpointtwofive
    AmericanEnglishzeropointtwofive

    0.75

    BritishEnglishnoughtpointsevenfive
    AmericanEnglishzeropointsevenfive

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    Writingfullstopsandcommasinnumbers
    Useafullstop(.)toseparatethemainpartofanumberfromthedecimalpart(thepartlessthan1).2.031means'twopoint
    noughtthreeone'.
    Saypointtorefertothefullstop.Youcanuseacomma(,)inlargenumberstoseparatethehundreds,thousands,and
    millions.2,031means'twothousandandthirtyone'.InBritishEnglish,spacesaresometimesusedinsteadofcommas(2
    031).
    Remember:Speakersofsomeotherlanguagesuse(.)and(,)theotherwayaround.
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    Dates
    Daysandmonths:
    BritishEnglish:Write3June/3rdJune/June3/June3rd.Say'thethirdofJune'or'Junethethird'.
    AmericanEnglish:WriteJune3/June3rd.Say'Junethird'.
    Writingdatesasnumbers
    3/6(or03/06)means3JuneinBritishEnglish,andMarch6inAmericanEnglish.BritishandAmericanspeakersputthe
    monthanddayindifferentorders.
    Sayingthenumbersofyears

    1066

    tensixtysix

    1605

    sixteenohfive

    1776

    seventeenseventysix

    1900

    nineteenhundred

    1999

    nineteenninetynine

    2000

    (theyear)twothousand

    2001

    twothousandandone
    AmericanEnglishalsotwothousandone

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    Money
    Thesearesomecommonwaysofsayingamountsofmoney.Britishspeakerstalkaboutmoneyinthefollowingway:
    45p

    fortyfiveporfortyfivepence

    onepound

    1.50

    onepoundfiftyoronefifty

    twopounds

    2.55

    twopoundsfiftyfiveortwofiftyfive

    100

    a/onehundredpounds

    115.99

    ahundredandfifteenpounds,ninetyninep/pence

    250

    twohundredandfiftypoundsortwofiftypounds

    2,682.74

    twothousandsixhundredandeightytwopounds,seventyfourp/pence

    Americanspeakerstalkaboutmoneyinthefollowingway:
    45

    fortyfivecents

    $1

    adollar

    $1.50

    adollarfifty

    $2

    twodollars

    $2.55

    twodollarsandfiftyfivecentsortwofiftyfive

    $100

    a/onehundreddollars

    $115.99

    a/onehundredfifteendollarsandninetyninecentsora/onehundredfifteen,ninety
    nine

    $250

    twohundred(and)fiftydollarsortwofiftydollars

    $2,682.74

    twothousandsixhundredeightytwodollarsandseventyfourcents

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    Phonenumbers
    Sayphonenumbersasseriesofnumbers,withpausesbetweenthegroupsofnumbers.Forexample,say08081570983
    asoheightoheightone,fivesevenohnineeightthree.
    BritishEnglish:Forphonenumberslike5155,peopleoftensayfiveonedoublefive.Fornumberslike1555,peopleoften
    sayonetreblefiveoronefivedoublefive.
    AmericanEnglish:Peopleoftensay'areacode'beforethefirstpartofthenumber,whichrepresentstheareawherethey
    liveforexample,areacodefivefivefive,sixthreetwo,nineeighttwoone(=(555)6329821).
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    Routeandroadnumbers
    Thesearesomecommonwaysofsayingthenumbersofroutesorroads.
    BritishEnglish
    M1

    /em/one

    M62

    /em/sixtytwo

    A5

    /e /five

    A34

    /e /thirtyfour

    B1562

    /bi /onefivesixtwo

    AmericanEnglish
    101

    oneohone

    280

    twoeighty

    highwayone

    /a /five,interstatefive

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