1990 1995

1200 1800
The number went up by 600/one third/50% from… (number, fraction, percentage)
Note: ½: a half, ¼ a quarter, 1/3 one third, 2/5 two fifths (tử số nhiều thêm s vào mẫu)
1992 1994 1996 1998
500 1000 3000 12000

1. The number doubled between 1992 and 1994

There was a two-fold increase beween 1992 and 1994
The number went up six times between 1992 and 1996
The figure in 1996 was six fold the 1992 figure
The figure for 1996 was six times higher than that of 1992
The figure for 1998 was four times greater than that of 1996
2. Treble, quadruple: gấp 3, gấp 4
3. -fold: đứng trước danh từ tạo thành cụm bổ nghĩa cho danh từ phải kết nối với số đếm
4. Times: đứng sau động từ (trạng từ)

1992 1994 1996 1998

1000 800 400 100

1 Beween 1992 and 1994, the figure fell by one fifth

There were twice as many unemployed people in 2009 as in 2005
Twice as many people (compared to 2005) were unemployed in 2009 compared to 2005