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Cardinal and ordinal numbers and numerals: zero, one, forty-two, 3.14, etc. Use this tag for questions related to numbers in the mathematical sense and expressions involving numbers. For questions about singular/plural, use [grammatical-number].

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How to say numbers correctly

1/ How can we say such numbers as 3.500, 27.500, etc.? Is it possible to say "three hundred and a half", "twenty seven and a half"? 2/ Is it ok to say 4.5 as "four point five&...
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Does this refer to the original or sale price? W: "How much were they?" M: "70 dollars. I got them on sale. They were 30% off."

W: I like your sports shoes very much. How much were they? M: 70 dollars. I got them on sale. They were 30% off. What was the original price of the new shoes? A. 120 dollars. B. 70 dollars. C. 100 ...
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How to correctly describe the size of the army using "strong"

How to say properly: "They keep an army in Kashmir of the size of 30000 strong " Or "They have deployed an army 30000 strong" Meaning it has 30000 soldiers? Do I need to put other ...
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"An a hundred millilitre bottle"

After searching online for some time, I still haven't found anything quite like my question (which probably indicates that I'm wrong). Even though English is my native language I just found out that I'...
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What's the difference between "35 mile ish commutes" and "35ish mile commutes"?

ell.stackexchange.com: (1) 35 mile ish commutes Such placement of "ish" isn't clear to me. Why is it grammatical to place "ish" after "mile"? What does (1) mean? my ...
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Zeroish, oneish, twoish, threeish, …, one hundred and fifty sevenish, …, a thousandish, …, a millionish, … — Can they all be used?

I'd like to find out when we can use "-ish" with numbers. Am I right that we can add "-ish" to a number when we want to say an approximate number of something/someone? For example: ...
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Space or no space? '3x bigger' vs. '3 x bigger'

Which one is a correct form in English? '3x bigger forest' or '3 x bigger forest? With a space after the number or without a space?
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Is there any difference between "A + ADJECTIVE + NUMBER + NOUN" and "NUMBER + ADJECTIVE + NOUN"? (e.g. "a full ten bottles" VS "ten full bottles")

Are "A + ADJECTIVE + NUMBER + NOUN" and "NUMBER + ADJECTIVE + NOUN" interchangeable? If not, then what is the difference between them? For example (a-variants are from ...
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How to read the telephone number?

The number in the sententce: Is this empire 5-4093? I have heard someone read the number as five to four thousand and ninety-three,can it be read as five four zero nine three or five four o nine ...
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Could anyone explain why is the article used before percentage? Is there any grammatical rule regarding this?

Could anyone explain why is the article used before percentage? Is there any grammatical rule regarding this? Most countries would be very happy with a 7% growth in this environment. Link But ...
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How do you read "10/10"?

How do you read "10/10", as in "10/10, no notes"? it is a score! The "no notes" comes from the acting community, I think: you've done so well, that the director has no ...
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What is the difference between "the number of" and "the numbers of"?

I read an IELTS test, which has the sentence: Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. At first, I thought it mentions two objects (male and female), so ...
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Does prior refer to the one which is exactly one place earlier, or any one which is before the current one?

https://www.etymonline.com/word/prior says prior (adj.) "earlier; preceding, as in order of time," 1714, from Latin prior "former, previous, first;" figuratively "superior, ...
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What does "40-odd years" mean? [duplicate]

I heard "40-odd years" on https://youtu.be/9QCgqQdmr0M?t=59: What does "40-odd years" mean? I found https://ell.stackexchange.com/a/44142/3023 but the usage of odd wasn't made ...
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Doors No. 1 and 2 or Door Nos. 1 and 2?

If there are three doors in a building numbered No.1, No.2, and No.3. When referring to them collectively, do I say "Doors No. 1, 2, and 3"; or "Door Nos. 1, 2, and 3"?
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On/in/within when used with a range of numbers

Here is my troubling sentence: The student scored 1364 on/in/within a range of 987-2198. Which preposition do you recommend?
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When do you spell out numbers? [duplicate]

I have been learning English as a foreign language and my teacher told me instead of "I'm a 17-year-old girl" I should better write "I'm a seventeen-year-old girl". Why does it ...
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numeral, number word belonging to which word class

According to available information, there are eight word classes (=part of speech) in English: noun, adjective, adverb, verb, preposition, pronoun, interjection, conjunction What is a word class of ...
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"two weeks' time" vs "two-week time"

I know that: (1) in two weeks' time - correct (2) in two-week time - incorrect But I don't know what will be without "in". For example (my own sentences): (3) Two weeks' time is enough for a ...
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Which number is "four and forty thousand"?

Reading The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski and at one point he describes the number of troops in the army as "four and forty thousand". Which number would that be? 44,000? 440,000? 40,...
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Why are Years Cardinal?

It is the year twenty-twenty, and the world has changed. This is a phrase that is odd in a way that I didn't realise until recently. Normally, calendar units are meant to be ordinal. 'The twenty-...
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How to understand "add the first number to itself"

If you multiply one number by another, you add the first number to itself as many times as is indicated by the second number. For example 2 multiplied by 3 is equal to 6. (Collins Dictionary) 2*3= ...
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Is 'two' a noun?

I've been taught that 'number words' are names for numbers, this implies they should be considered nouns, how come we can have phrases like: 'Two apples' 'One person' 'There are two of them' Where '...
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Comparison of two categories over a specific period of time

Year: 2009 / 2019 Mobile use: 15% / 26% Tablet use: 5% / 19% what is the correct way to describe changes in two different years? I have tried to describe the changes in three different ...
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What would you call a number that's 5 or 6 zeros past the decimal point? [closed]

Today the current price of the Shiba Inu CryptoCoin is listed as $0.0000017 USD. How would you phrase this number?
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seeing a therapist

They are both seeing a therapist. They are seeing a therapist. Do those necessarily mean that they are seeing the same therapist? Could they be used if each of them is seeing a different therapist?
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Read 2,000,005, use oh (o) or and?

https://youtu.be/ioldoJQYKyQ?t=155 teaches us that 205 can be read as two o five. Then how do I read 2,000,005, a number with multiple 0 in the middle? two million o o o o o five or simply two million ...
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"some" vs "about"

All examples are mine. Could you help me to deal with them? (1a) There are some thousand people. - as far as I know, it's correct (1b) There are some a thousand people. - ??? (I don't know if it's ...
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Understanding "between... and... "

He wrote between 20 and 30 novels. The eight thieves served a sentence of berween 2 and 7 years. Are they shorthand of respectively: 1a. He wrote between 20 novels and 30 novels. 2a. The thieves ...
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How large "thousands" can I convert it to "hundreds" in speaking?

I still have a problem with pronouncing big numbers in English. Aside from all other issues, I found one single problem that I still haven't figured out how to use properly or "if" I can use ...
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In arithmetic, what is the generic name for a number written in an arbitrary base?

A number can be written in various bases. We commonly use base 10 and the resulting number is called decimal. If it is written in base 2 then it is called binary. A list of over 100 such names, as in ...
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"in the hundreds" vs "in hundreds"

I'd like to know the difference between "in the hundreds" and "in hundreds". For this purpose I've found some examples: collinsdictionary.com: 1a The temperature was in the ...
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How to say "the majority of our participants" and follow that with a number and percebtage [closed]

I want to express that the majority of participants and also want to say the number of participants (20) and percentage (50%) were students. I need to use this structure in different contexts. Does ...
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The number consisting of two numbers

I need to describe the following set of numbers as simply as possible. 12345-12345678 The problem is that the first number is always a five-digit number but the length of the second number can be ...
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one incident in each city

a. Today we had gun-related incidents in Los Angeles, New York, Austin and Tampa. b. Today we had a gun-related incident in Los Angeles, New York, Austin and Tampa. c. Today we had a gun-related ...
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Difference between 16 and sixteen [duplicate]

Which one is correct -- The method uses a classifier technique where there are 16 features used. and The method uses a classifier technique where there are sixteen features used. ? Explain why.
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"After age 70" or "after the age of 70"? [closed]

I cannot really find an answer: I know commonly we say "at the age of 70". But when I see sentences with "after", there is typically no article or preposition, and it becomes ...
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Calculus II, or Calculus 2, or Calculus Two, is there a preference? [closed]

Judging from the way Super Bowls are named I guess "Calculus II" is the right one. But what is the rule if there is any?
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What is the natural way to say "increment by 0.5"?

I have a digital scale. The number on the display goes up like 0.0kg, 0.5kg, 1.0kg, 1.5kg... What are good ways to describe this? My ideas are below. This can scale every 0.5kg. The number increments ...
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What does "thousands of hundreds of people" mean? [closed]

What the title says. How many people are there when a larger quantity (thousands) is followed by a smaller quantity (hundreds). Is this even grammatical? I can understand "hundreds of thousands&...
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"Alice bought 12 apples, 1 banana and 6 cantaloupes": Should the numbers be written with letters or digits?

I want to write a sentence with a similar structure as follows: Alice bought 12 apples, 1 banana and 6 cantaloupes. Should the numbers be written with letters or digits? The sentence is just an ...
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Is "there are x numbers of something" correct?

Instead of saying: There are 5 students in the classroom. can we say: There are 5 number(s) of students in the classroom. In this case should we use number or numbers?
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1300 2500 pronunciation

A BrE speaker told me that 1300 BC is pronounced as "thirteen hundred bee cee" but saying 2500 BC/AD/CE as twenty-five hundred bee cee or AD/CE or is uncommon. Why is it so? If it depends ...
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A word that can refer to a finger? [closed]

A digit is single symbol that tells how many.It’s also a word that can refer to a finger(another way to show how many) A word that can refer to a finger? Like one finger ? Two fingers,etc?
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a number's whole part and fraction part's name in English

I'm not sure if I need to ask this in the math site or here. I'm actually a developer and I searched many websites to find out what the whole and fraction part of a number is called in English (naming ...
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Numbers: One seventy-five

Number 175: Is it correct to say "one seventy-five" instead of "one hundred seventy-five"? Are both versions correct?
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Definite article before cardinal number in official document

The bothering sentence is: “Custom duties fees for the 99 boxes” The document is only about this 99 boxes, no other quantities are mentioned, in other line above this sentence is written “Missing 99 ...
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"Four is better" vs "Four are better". Which one is correct?

I want to write: One cake is good, but 4 {is,are} better! Which one ("are" or "is") should I use? Looking at examples online it seems that both are acceptable. So here are my ...
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"1, 2, 3, 4, that’s it."

In the sentence "1, 2, 3, 4, that’s it.", what parts of speech would the phrase "1, 2, 3, 4" be? I asked that because I was imagining or seeing that I would just say '1,2,3,4' ...
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"Three" most popular

Most - greatest in amount, quantity, or degree. Three most popular brands ... ... Three most popular classes ... ... We often search for N most popular but is it standard English to add counts ...
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