Attendance at cultural events in Great Britain

percentages
2000 2010 2020
Cinema 34 44 54

Play 24 23 23

Art/galleries/exhibitions 21 21 22

Classical music 12 12 12

Ballet 5 6 6

Opera 5 6 6

Contemporary dance 4 3 4

fraction: half, quarter ...

 percentages
2000 2010 2020
Cinema 34 44 54

Play 24 23 23

Art/galleries/exhibitions 21 21 22

Classical music 12 12 12

Ballet 5 6 6

Opera 5 6 6

Contemporary dance 4 3 4

Double the number of The number / percentage of ..... is ... as high as the number ...

Two times / Twice as many people ...... as .....

Half as many people .... as ....

= nine tenths

33 75 33 75 10

25 90 20 10 20 25

about / nearly half approximately two-thirds

exactly one third nearly one tenth

approximately / just over half nearly three out of four

nearly three-quarters

half six
third seventh
quarter
fifth tenth

twentieth
fiftieth

hundredth

millionth
 percentages
2000 2010 2020
Cinema 34 44 54

Play 24 23 23

Art/galleries/exhibitions 21 21 22

Classical music 12 12 12

Ballet 5 6 6

Opera 5 6 6

Contemporary dance 4 3 4