{"id":1833,"date":"2012-08-27T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:22:09","slug":"numbers-review-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/numbers-review-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers Review – Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday<\/a> I began a review of numbers in English.\u00a0 In yesterday’s post I focused on cardinal and ordinal numbers below 100.\u00a0 Today we are going to focus on numbers, and how to read and say numbers, that are over a hundred.\u00a0 When expressing large numbers (numbers that are more than one hundred),\u00a0 numbers are read in groups of hundreds.\u00a0 Numbers grouped into hundred are the three numbers in a row beginning from the right-hand side of the number.\u00a0 These are the common groupings of number by hundreds: hundreds (100), thousands (1,000), millions (1,000,000), and billions (1,000,000,000).<\/p>\n

There are three important notes to keep in mind about big numbers before proceeding any further in our discussion.
\n1)\u00a0<\/strong> In English these large groups of numbers are separated (after the third number) by a comma (,) not by a period (.).
\n2)<\/strong> In English when you read\/say large numbers like these you do not use the plural -s at the end of the number, even though these numbers are obviously plural.\u00a0 For example: we say “two thousand” NOT “two thousands<\/del>“.
\n3)<\/strong>\u00a0 British English speaker always put the word ‘and’ between ‘hundred’ and any following number, while American English doing this is a matter of personal preference.\u00a0 Here is an example of this difference.<\/p>\n

British English: 267 = two hundred and<\/em> sixty-seven<\/p>\n

American English: 267 = two hundred sixty seven.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I covered with you the names of groups of numbers from 1-100, these include:\u00a0 tens (1-10), teens (numbers 11-19), twenties (20-29), thirties (30-29), forties (40-49), fifties, (50-59), sixties (60-69), seventies (70-79), eighties (80-89), and nineties (90-99).\u00a0 Today I will cover with you how to say numbers that range from 100 (one hundred) to over 1,000,000,000 (one billion).\u00a0 I have chosen just a few examples to write out in each of these categories because the rules for how to say numbers in English do not have many exceptions (the numbers eleven<\/em> and twelve<\/em> are the only numbers that do not go along with the rules) so you should be able to see from these examples the pattern for how to say large numbers in English.\u00a0 If you have any questions about saying these larger numbers please ask them in the comments section below!<\/p>\n

Hundreds<\/strong>
\n350 \u2013 three hundred fifty
\n528 \u2013 five hundred twenty eight<\/p>\n

Thousands<\/strong>
\n1,012\u00a0\u2013 one thousand twelve
\n15,000 \u2013 fifteen thousand
\n786,450 \u2013 seven hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred fifty<\/p>\n

Millions<\/strong>
\n1,000,100\u00a0\u2013 one million one hundred
\n2,450,000 \u2013 two million four hundred fifty thousand
\n222,700,011 \u2013 two hundred twenty-two million seven hundred eleven<\/p>\n

Billions<\/strong>
\n1,000,000,001\u00a0\u2013 one billion one
\n3,222,700,011 \u2013 thee billion two hundred twenty-two million seven hundred eleven
\n100,000,678,000\u00a0\u2013 one hundred billion six hundred seventy-eight thousand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Yesterday I began a review of numbers in English.\u00a0 In yesterday’s post I focused on cardinal and ordinal numbers below 100.\u00a0 Today we are going to focus on numbers, and how to read and say numbers, that are over a hundred.\u00a0 When expressing large numbers (numbers that are more than one hundred),\u00a0 numbers are read…<\/p>\n

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