Reading and writing Numbers

Work in pairs. Read these numbers carefully to your partner. He (or She) will have to write them down on his (or her) worksheet.

361 90 304 1 200 345 150 013 7 652 23 430 677 1800 604 772 153 (phone number) 1871 (Year) 2001 (Year) 2009 (Year) 2012 (Year) 0.367 12.65 25 % 12th 31st 63rd 84th Elizabeth II John Charles I George VI 28/09/00

Now it is your turn. Write down the numbers your partner is going to read you.

Write down using digits

Twenty-four

Write down using words

24
Seventy-one thousand four hundred and one

71 401
Five thousand three hundred and thirty-three

5 333
Five hundred fifty thousand and thirteen

550 013
Seventeen thousand six hundred and two

17 602
One thousand six hundred or sixteen hundred

1600
Six one oh eight seven oh double five three

610 870 553

Thirteen seventy-one

1371 (year)
Seventeen hundred and six (or seventeen oh six)

1706 (year)
Two thousand and nine

2009 (year)
Twenty twelve

2012 (year) 0.367 2.05

Thirty-seven per cent Nought point three six seven (BrE). Zero point three six seven (AmE). Two point nought five

37%
Eleven point five per cent

11.5%
Thirty-fifth

35 39 23

th

Thirty-ninth
th

Twenty-third
rd

2-0 (football) 30-0 (tennis) Edward V Henry VIII 31/12/09

Two nil (BrE) Two to zero or two to nothing (AmE) Thirty love Edward the Fifth Henry the Eighth The thirty-first of December two thousand and nine

Reading and writing Numbers

Work in pairs. Your partner is going to read you some numbers. You will have to write them down in this table.

Write down using digits 361

Write down using words

Three hundred and sixty-one Ninety thousand three hundred and four

90 304
One million two hundred thousand three hundred and forty-five

1 200 345
One hundred fifty thousand and thirteen

150 013
Seven thousand six hundred and fifty-two

7 652 23 430 677 1800

Six oh four double seven two one five three Twenty three million four hundred thirty thousand six hundred and seventy-seven One thousand eight hundred or eighteen hundred

604 772 153

Eighteen seventy-one

1871 (year)
Two thousand and one

2001 (year)
Two thousand and nine

2009 (year)
Twenty hundred twelve

2012 (year) 0.367 12.65

Twenty-five per cent Nought point three six seven (BrE). Zero point three six seven (AmE). Twelve point six five

25% 12th 31st 63rd 84th Elisabeth II John Charles I George VI 28/09/00

twelfth Thirty-first Sixty-third Eighty- fourth Elisabeth the Second John Charles the First George the Sixth The twenty-eighth of September two thousand

Now it is your turn. Read these numbers carefully to your partner.

24 71 401 5 333 550 013 17 602 1600 610 870 553 (phone number) 1371 (Year) 1706 (Year) 2009 (Year) 2012 (Year) 0.367 2.05 37 % 11.5 % 35th 39th 23rd 2-0 (football) 30-0 (tennis) Edward V Henry VIII 31/12/09