Numbers, units of measurement and common symbols




You know how to say all the numbers in English. Here we look at how combinations of numbers are said aloud.

BrE = British English

AmE = North American English

Fractions

Fractions are normally spoken as in these examples:

 

½ a (one) half
¼ a (one) quarter
¾ three quarters
a (one) eighth
two thirds
¼ kilometre a quarter of a kilometre
½ centimetre half a centimetre

 

Complex fractions and expressions of division are usually said with over.

27 twenty-seven over two hundred twenty-seven divided by two hundred

 

Decimals

Decimals are normally spoken as in these examples:

0.36 nought point three six (BrE); zero point three six (AmE)

5.2 five point two

 

Percentages

Percentages are spoken as per cent.

16.3 % sixteen point three per cent

 

Calculations

Calculations are normally said in the following ways:

 

7 + 3 = 10 seven and three is / are ten (informal) seven plus three equals ten (more formal)
28 –6 = 22 six from twenty-eight is / leaves twenty-two (informal); twenty-eight minus six equals twenty-two (more formal)
8´2 = 16 eight twos are sixteen (informal BrE) eight times two is sixteen (informal) (the most common form in AmE) eight by two is / equals sixteen (informal) eight multiplied by two equals / is sixteen (more formal)
27 9 = 3 twenty-seven divided by nine equals three
500 ± 5   five hundred plus or minus five
>300 <200   greater than three hundred less than two hundred
32 = 9 three squared is / equals nine
√ 16 = 4 the (square) root of sixteen is four
33 = 27 three cubed is / equals twenty-seven
3√ 8 = 2 the cube root of eight is two
24 = 16 two to the power of 4 is / equals sixteen (AmE = two to the fourth power).

 

3. Units of measurement

Although the metric system is now common in the UK and other English-speaking countries, non-metric units are still used in many contexts, especially in the USA.

Units of length and distance are normally spoken as follows:

3 in, 3" three inches
2 ft 7 in, 2' 7" two feet seven inches (or, very informally, two foot seven inches)
500 yds five hundred yards
3 m (AmE = 3 mi.) three miles
500 mm five hundred millimetres (or, more informally, five hundred m-m)
1.5 cm one point five centimeters
Units of area are normally spoken as follows:
11 sqft eleven square feet
5 sq m, 5m2 five square metres
7.25 cm2 seven point two five square centimetres
     

Units of weight are normally spoken as follows:

3 oz three ounces
5 lb five pounds
300 g three hundred grams
18.75 kg eighteen point seven five kilograms
Units of volume, capacity and temperature are normally spoken as follows:
300 cc three hundred cubic centimetres (or, less formally, three hundred c-c
5 pt five pints
3.2 gal three point two gallons
75 cl seventy-five centiliters
200 1 two hundred litres
20° twenty degrees

4. Common symbols

& "ampersand" – this symbol is read as "and"

* asterisk

© copyright symbol

™ trademark symbol

® registered trademark

• bullet point

۷ BrE = tick; AmE = check

X BrE = cross; AmE = an "X"

# BrE = hash symbol (Note: in American English, this symbol is used for numbers, e. g. #28 AmE; no. 28 BrE)

@ this symbol is read as "at" – used in email addresses

∞ infinity symbol

" this symbol is read as "ditto" – used in lists to avoid writing a word if the same word is written immediately above it


Использованная Литература

 

1. Захарова, А. В. Getting ready for your finals / А. В. Захарова. – М.: Высшая школа экономики, 2011. – 244 с.

2. Зинкевич, Н. А. English Masters Course / Н. А. Зинкевич, Т. В. Андрюхина, Е. Е. Иванова. – М.: Айрис-пресс, 2011. – 210 с.

3. Кузьменкова, Ю. Б. Academic project presentations / Ю. Б. Кузьмен-кова. – М.: МАКСПРЕСС, 2009. – 138 с.

4. Маркушевская, Л. П. English for Masters / Л. П. Маркушевская,
Т. К. Чарская, Н. В. Ермошина, Н. Н. Крашенинникова, С. Е. Калабина. – СПб.: СПбГУ ИТМО, 2010. – 206 с.

5. Grussendorf, M. English for presentations / M. Grussendorf. – Oxford University Press, 2011. – 80 p.

6. Powell, M. Presenting in English / M. Powell. – Heinle CENGAGE Learning, 2010. – 128 p.

 

Интернет-ресурсы

 

1. https://sana.tkk.fi/awe/style/sentence/index.html

2. https://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/general/plagiarism/index.xml

3. https://www.une.edu.au/tls/aso/aso-online/academic-writing/academic-style.php

4. https://learninghub.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/aso-online/academic-writing/ beginner-paragraphs.php

5. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/wdc/learning/academic/language.htm

6. https://library.bcu.ac.uk/learner/writingguides/1.20.htm

7. https://icosa.hkbu.edu.hk/vocabulary/resources/hedging/index.html

8. https://www.examenglish.com/vocabulary/academic_wordlist.html

 


 

 

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Т. П. Волкова, А. В. Малаева, И. В. Смирнова

 

 

ACADEMIC ENGLISH FOR MASTER STUDENTS



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