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American Numbers
& Prices |
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WHere are some phrases and expressions using numbers and American prices.
See also: Free-English-Study : Numbers and Prices.
Remember that in English, we divide prices at the
decimal point.
| For
example |
$4.59 |
four
dollars (and) fifty-nine cents |
(long
way) |
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|
four /
fifty nine |
(short
way) |
(Time is also divided in a similar way: 12:47 is
said "twelve / forty-seven")
Americans often say large numbers in "phrases" of
two digits.
| For
example |
$267 |
two
hundred sixty-seven |
(long
way) |
| |
4381 |
two /
sixty seven |
(short
way) |
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|
four
thousand three hundred eighty-one |
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|
forty-three / eighty-one |
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Some people also use two-digit phrasing with
telephone numbers:
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565-8347 |
five-six-five // eighty-three / forty-seven |
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Practice the following prices (both long and
short ways) with a partner:
That will be____(price)______
That comes to ____(price)____
| $59.65
|
$1.79* |
$29.00** |
$425.78 |
$231.49 |
$3,657.88 |
| $27.95 |
$6.75 |
$82.03 |
$781.34 |
$690.42 |
$9,405.31 |
| $14.40 |
$77.17 |
$70.50 |
$211.54 |
$380.18 |
$1,550.15 |
*Also : a dollar seventy-nine
**Also : twenty-nine (dollars) even
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