Numbers

Words on numbers.

• Number = figure
• Digit (0-9)
• Odd numbers: 1,3,5 etc.
• Even numbers: 2,4,6, etc.

 Review the numbers from 20 to 99 and pay attention to the word stress!

• 20: twenty
• 30: thirty (and 13: thirteen)
• 40: forty (and 14: fourteen)
• 50: fifty (and 15: fifteen)
• 60: sixty (and 16: sixteen)
• 70: seventy (and 17: seventeen)
• 80: eighty (and 18: eighteen)
• 90: ninety (and 19: nineteen)

Large numbers: hundred

• 100 a/one hundred

• 110 a/one hundred (and) ten

• 999 nine hundred (and) ninety-nine

• Notice: no ‘s’ at the end of ‘hundred’
• Notice: ‘and’ after ‘hundred’ for the Britons.
• Read: ‘There are 5 million inhabitants in this country.’ (no ‘of’ after million)

 Large numbers: thousand

• 1,000 a/one thousand

• 2,345 two thousand three hundred (and) forty-five

• Notice: no ‘and’ after ‘thousand’
• Notice: a comma (,) to separate groups of three digits
• Notice: no ‘s’ at the end of ‘thousand’

But…

• Thousands of people
• Hundreds of visitors
• Tens of thousands of Britons
• Scores of tourists
• Dozens of opportunities
• Millions of euros

 Very large numbers

• 100,000 a/one hundred thousand

• 1,000,000 a/one million

• 1,000,000,000 a/one milliard/billion

• 123,456,789 one hundred and twenty-three million four hundred and fifty-six thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine

 Telling the time

• Just say the numbers! Forget ‘past’ ‘to’!
• Your train is leaving at 11:40

–      eleven forty

• The shop closes at 20:30

–      twenty thirty or eight thirty pm

• The park is open from 9:00 (nine) in the morning to 5:00 (five) in the afternoon.
• 12:00 midday, noon, midnight.

 Telling the date, review the ordinal numbers

• 1st first

• 2^nd second

• 3rd third

• 4th fourth

• 5th fifth

• 6th sixth

• 7th seventh

• 8th eighth

• 9th ninth

• 10th tenth and then you only add ‘th’ for the following numbers.

• 15 March 2017

–      on the fifteenth of March two thousand and seventeen (or twenty seventeen)

• 1800

–      eighteen hundred

• 2000

–      the year two thousand

• 1066

–      ten sixty-six

• 1805

–      eighteen ‘oh’ five

• 46BC

–      forty-six BC (Before Christ)

• 52AD

fifty-two AD (Anno Domini, after Christ

 Telling the price

• €45: forty-five euros
• $456:  four hundred and fifty-six dollars
• £1,234:  one thousand two hundred and thirty-four pounds
• $7.99: seven dollars ninety-nine (cents)
• £10.99: ten pounds ninety-nine (pence)
• £0.99: ninety-nine pence / pees
• £1,599pp: one thousand five hundred and ninety-nine pounds per person
• £2,499pppn: two thousand four hundred and ninety-nine pounds per person per night

Talking about distances and duration

• How far is Arcachon (from Bordeaux)?
• Arcachon is 60 km away (from Bordeaux).
• The modern art museum is just a stone’s throw away (from the hotel).
• The tram stop is within walking distance of the convention center.
• The Galapagos islands are 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador.
• The airport is a mere twenty minute drive from the resort.
• Local trains run every 20 minutes.

 Describing the dimensions of a monument or a natural feature

• The St Andre cathedral is 407 ft long, 59 ft wide and 75 ft high in the nave and 95 ft high in the chancel (altar area, cœur).
• The Garonne river is 1,800ft across in Bordeaux.
• At its headwaters (source of a river), the Mississippi is less than 3 feet deep.

 Adjectives and noun

• Long / the length

• High / the height

• Wide / the width (beam for a boat)

• Deep / the depth