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。