Saying Numbers
Fractions: numerator = cardinal, denominator = ordinal. "1/3" = "one third". "3/4" = "three quarters" (not "three fourths" in British English). "1/2" = "a half" or "one half". Decimals: say each digit after the point individually. "3.14" = "three point one four". Percentages: "75%" = "seventy-five percent". "0.5%" = "nought point five percent" (British) or "zero point five percent" (American).
Fractions: numerator = cardinal, denominator = ordinal. "1/3" = "one third". "3/4" = "three quarters" (not "three fourths" in British English). "1/2" = "a half" or "one half". Decimals: say each digit after the point individually. "3.14" = "three point one four". Percentages: "75%" = "seventy-five percent". "0.5%" = "nought point five percent" (British) or "zero point five percent" (American).
Practice
How is 2/3 read aloud?
"3.75" is read as "three point".
Put the words in the correct order to say 1/4: