分數、小數和百分數的讀法

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    分數
    表示分數時,分子要用基數詞,分母用序數詞。如果分子大于1,分母必須用復數形式:
    1/3→a(one)third
    2/3→two thirds
    1/4→a(one)quarter(或fourth)
    3/7→three sevenths
    1/2→應讀作a(one)half
    *比較復雜的分數如:24/789,多讀作 twenty four over seven hundred and eighty nine。
    小數
    表示小數時,小數點前面的基數詞和前面講的基數詞的讀法相同;小數點后的數字則必須一一讀出:
    0.0089→(zero /naught)point zero zero eight nine
    1.36→one point three six
    百分數
    百分數由percent表示,百分號%讀作 percent,應用時常與by連用。
    0.68%→zero point six eight percent
    6%→six percent
    369%→three hundred and sixty nine percent
    The output of steel went up by 20 percent.鋼產量增長20%。
    The price of cotton was reduced by 20 percent.棉花的價格下降了20%。
    The loss of water has been reduced to less than 30 percent.水的損耗減少到30%以下。