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    1) The document provides information on writing numbers in English, including cardinal and ordinal numbers. It explains how to write numbers with tens and ones, thousands separated by commas, and exceptions for ordinal numbers. 2) Examples are given for writing densities, temperatures, powers, pressures, and percentages in engineering notation in words. The last section provides incomplete examples to complete in the same format. 3) Key information includes separating tens and ones with a dash for cardinal numbers, adding "and" after hundreds, exceptions for ordinal numbers like first and third, and adding suffixes like "st" or "th" for compound ordinal numbers.

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    1) The document provides information on writing numbers in English, including cardinal and ordinal numbers. It explains how to write numbers with tens and ones, thousands separated by commas, and exceptions for ordinal numbers. 2) Examples are given for writing densities, temperatures, powers, pressures, and percentages in engineering notation in words. The last section provides incomplete examples to complete in the same format. 3) Key information includes separating tens and ones with a dash for cardinal numbers, adding "and" after hundreds, exceptions for ordinal numbers like first and third, and adding suffixes like "st" or "th" for compound ordinal numbers.

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    1) The document provides information on writing numbers in English, including cardinal and ordinal numbers. It explains how to write numbers with tens and ones, thousands separated by commas, and exceptions for ordinal numbers. 2) Examples are given for writing densities, temperatures, powers, pressures, and percentages in engineering notation in words. The last section provides incomplete examples to complete in the same format. 3) Key information includes separating tens and ones with a dash for cardinal numbers, adding "and" after hundreds, exceptions for ordinal numbers like first and third, and adding suffixes like "st" or "th" for compound ordinal numbers.

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    English for Engineering Students

    nd
    2 Week
    Adnan Fadjar

    1
    Numbers and Simple Calculations

    Cardinal Numbers Example:


    • Tens and ones are separated by • 55 fifty‐five
    a dash.
    • The word “and” follows • 211 two hundred and eleven
    “hundred” when written in full.
    • Thousands are separated by a
    comma. • 1,207 one thousand, two
    hundred and seven

    Write in English, 22 , 222, 2222


    2
    Ordinal Numbers
    1st first 11th eleventh 21th twenty‐first 31st thirty‐first
    2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty‐second 40th fortieth
    3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty‐third 50th fiftieth
    4th fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty‐fourth 60th sixtieth
    5th fifth 15th fifteenth 25th twenty‐fifth 70th seventieth
    6th sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty‐sixth 80th eightieth
    7th seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty‐seventh 90th ninetieth
    8th eighth 18th eighteenth 28th twenty‐eighth 100th one hundredth
    9th ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty‐ninth 1,000th one thousandth
    10th tenth 20th twentieth 30th thirtieth 1,000,000th one millionth

    Spelling of Ordinal Numbers Exceptions:


    Just add th to the cardinal • one ‐ first
    number: • two ‐ second
    • four ‐ fourth • three ‐ third
    • eleven ‐ eleventh • five ‐ fifth
    • eight ‐ eighth
    • nine ‐ ninth
    • twelve – twelfth
    • ending with ty becomes tie: twenty – twentieth, thirty – thirtieth, so on
    3
    In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is
    written as an ordinal number:
    • 421st = four hundred and twenty‐first
    • 5,111th = five thousand, one hundred and eleventh

    Figures
    When expressed as figures, the last two letters of the written word are
    added to the ordinal number:
    • first = 1st
    • second = 2nd
    • third = 3rd
    • fourth = 4th
    • twenty‐sixth = 26th
    • hundred and first = 101st

    Spell the following ordinal number correctly.


    • 21
    • 722
    • 673
    • 774
    • 7569
    4
    • Density  8.90 kg/dm3  eight point nine zero kilograms per cubic decimeter
    • Temperature  1453oC  one thousand four hundred and fifty‐three degrees Celsius
    • Power  90.5 W  ninety point five watts
    • 700 N/mm2  seven hundred newtons per square millimetre
    • 70 MPa  seventy megapascals
    • 28 %  twenty‐eight per cent

    Complete in the same way


    1. 11.5 kg/ dm3
    2. 329oC
    3. 35.657 W
    4. 25 N/mm2
    5. 88 MPa
    6. 75%

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