Handout Numbers, Symbols, Computers
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Cardinal Numbers
1 – one
2 – two
3 – three
4 – four
5 – five
6 – six
7 – seven
8 – eight
9 – nine
10 – ten
11 – eleven
12 – twelve
13 – thirteen
14 – fourteen
15 – fifteen
16 – sixteen
17 – seventeen
18 – eighteen
19 – nineteen
20 – twenty
21 – twenty-one
22 – twenty-two
23 – twenty-three
24 – twenty-four
25 – twenty-five
26 – twenty-six
27 – twenty-seven
28 – twenty-eight
29 – twenty-nine
30 – thirty
40 – forty
50 – fifty
60 – sixty
70 – seventy
80 – eighty
90 – ninety
100 – one hundred
In British English use “and” when saying numbers in the hundreds. Example: seven hundred AND twenty seven.In American English do NOT use “and” when saying numbers in the hundreds. Example: seven hundred twenty seven.
When expressing large numbers (more than one hundred) read in groups of hundreds. The order is as follows: billion, million, thousand, hundred. Notice that hundred, thousand, etc. is NOT followed by an ‘s’.
Two hundred NOT two hundreds
Hundreds
350 – three hundred (AND) fifty
425 – four hundred (AND) twenty five
Thousands
15,560 – fifteen thousand five hundred (AND) sixty
786,450 – seven hundred (AND) six thousand four hundred (AND) fifty
Millions
2,450,000 – two million four hundred (AND) fifty thousand
234,700,000 – two hundred (AND) thirty-four million seven hundred thousand
| 1,200,000 | 1.2 million | one million two hundred or one point two million |
| 3,000,000 | 3 million | three million |
| 250,000,000 | 250 million | two hundred fifty million |
| 6,400,000,000 | 6.4 billion | six billion four hundred or six point four billion |
Decimals
Read decimals as the given number point XYZ
2.36=>two point three six
When talk about money, you normally speak about cents using the normal cardinal number. For instance, 2.36 euros, you say two euros and thirty-six cents
Percentages
Read percentages as the number followed by ‘percent’
37%=>thirty seven percent
Fractions
Read the top number as a cardinal number, followed by the ordinal number + ‘s’
3/8=>three eighths or simply three over eight
NOTE: ¼ =>one quarter, 2/3 => two thirds, ½ one half
Expressions
Here are the descriptive names of a number of important numerical expressions:
Speed 100 mph (miles per hour)
Weight 80 kg (kilograms) OR 42 lbs (pounds)
decimal .087
temperature 28° C (celsius) OR 72° F (fahrenheit) for example -2°, two below or two degrees below zero
A few more numbers…
an is read as a to the n-th power.
example:
a12 is read a to the twelfth power
Some special powers:
a2 the square of a or a squared
b3 the cube of b or b cubed
the square root of x
the cube root of y
The ratio of 4 to 3 is expressed as 4 : 3
Mathematical Symbols
+= plus, 1+1, one plus one
-= minus, 1-1, one minus one
÷ or /= divided by
. or x = multiplication, you say 2×3, two times three or two by three
= means to be the same, equal, for example 2×3=6, two by three equals six or is equal to
If you wish to learn more, you can visit the following website: http://www.cunymath.cuny.edu/students/glossary/n-p.html
Ordinal Numbers
| 0th | zeroth or noughth |
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| 1st | first | 10th | tenth | 11th | eleventh |
| 2nd | second | 12th | twelfth (note “f”, not “v”) | 20th | twentieth |
| 3rd | third | 13th | thirteenth | 30th | thirtieth |
| 4th | fourth | 14th | fourteenth | 40th | fortieth |
| 5th | fifth | 15th | fifteenth | 50th | fiftieth |
| 6th | sixth | 16th | sixteenth | 60th | sixtieth |
| 7th | seventh | 17th | seventeenth | 70th | seventieth |
| 8th | eighth (only one “t”) | 18th | eighteenth | 80th | eightieth |
| 9th | ninth (no “e”) | 19th | nineteenth | 90th | ninetieth |
Ordinal numbers such as 21st, 33rd, etc., are formed by combining a cardinal ten with an ordinal unit.
| 21st | twenty-first |
| 25th | twenty-fifth |
| 32nd | thirty-second |
| 58th | fifty-eighth |
| 64th | sixty-fourth |
| 79th | seventy-ninth |
| 83rd | eighty-third |
| 99th | ninety-ninth |
Use this website to practice: http://www.isthe.com/cgi-bin/number.cgi/
Symbols
General typography
ampersand ( & )
asterisk ( * )
at ( @ )
backslash ( \ ) forward slash ( / )
bullet ( • )
number sign ( # )
underscore/understrike ( _ )
vertical/pipe/broken bar ( |, ¦ )
Punctuation
apostrophe ( ’ )
parentheses (( ))
brackets ([ ])
curly brackets ({ })
angular brackets (< >)
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dashes ( ‒, –, —, ― )
ellipsis ( …, … )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop/period ( . ) but with numbers, you call it point, ex. 3.5=three point five, yet, in URLs, you call it dot, ex. www.asus.com=double-u, double-u, double-u (or triple double-u) dot asus dot com.
hyphen ( -, ‐ )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks ( ‘ ’, “ ” )
semicolon ( ; )
Computer Terminology
browser (for Internet)
navigateur (m)
built-in
intégré (ée)
cartridge
cartouche (f)
data / database
données (f, plural)
delete (verb)
effacer, supprimer
directory
catalogue (m), répertoire
file
fichier (m)
font
police de caractères
keyboard
clavier (m)
margin
marge (f)
network
réseau (m)
password
mot (m) de passe
printer
imprimante (f)
reboot (verb)
relancer
screen
écran (m)
software, program, application
logiciel (m)
save save as copy paste undo redo
file edit view tools start/boot up
shut down link hyperlink
web address or URL or URI (Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Identifier)
word processor to spell check desktop
toolbar to type caps/caps lock
keyboard desktop computer notebook or laptop
digital digital camera
Find more terms here:
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/dglf/cogeter/16-03-99-internet-termetrang.html
http://www.u-picardie.fr/CRL/minimes/dmvoc/voc_info.htm
http://www.css.qmul.ac.uk/foreign/eng-french.htm
