UNIT 3 DEALING WITH NUMBERS

OBJECTIVES:
- To use cardinal and ordinal numbers.
- Numbers in different contexts (How to read them in English):
- Talk about dates, phone numbers, different currencies.
- Flights, time and schedules and timetables.
- Numbers in Maths.
- Usual measures.
- Cultural differences in the use of commas and periods in numbers.
- Revise the Past tense of to BE
- More vocabulary and expressions used in daily life conversations.
- Practise the // sound.
- Discussing the importance of punctuality.
KEY VOCABULARY:
- Cardinal and ordinal numbers
- Other numerical expressions (See list below)
- Payment terms
- Questions words: How much? / How many?/ How far? / How long?/ How
often?
- How to say the time.
- Identify certain currency.
NUMBERS
They can be written using letters (three), Arabic symbols (3) and Romans symbols (III).
They can be cardinal, showing quantity and ordinal (expressing an order).
Numbers are always present in our daily activities, either oral or written form. They can
facilitate communication, or they may lead to serious misunderstandings. They have
more or less the same form in different languages; however, there are slight differences
in the way they are used.
NUMBERS MAY REFER TO:
Page number
Hotel room
Dates
Temperatures
Postal code/ zip code
Addresses
ID No
IQ Intelligence Quotient
Currency
Percentages
Fractions
Flight numbers
Serial numbers
Time
Telephone numbers
Decimals
Addition
A list
Ordinal numbers
Interstate sign
Extension number

OTHERS
Codes
Prices
Money: dollars, euros,
pounds, bucks
Salary/wages/pay
Fringe benefits
Payment Terms: by check,
in cash, by credit card.
Quotients
TV channels
Degrees
Passport numbers
Credit cards No
Mathematical statements
Figures
Orders
Quotations
Budgets
Measures
Weight
Height

Length
Depth

Size
Age
Inch
Foot
Yards
Centimetres
Metres
Kilometres
Miles
Pint
Pounds
Bill
Invoices
Fee
model/make
Taxes
VAT

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The ordinal numbers from 1 to 9 are used for these in Spanish and English. For ten
either the cardinal or the ordinal may be used. For 11 and above it is now customary to
use only the cardinal number
Decimals
In Spanish a comma is written where English writes a point:
3.56 three point five six
0.7 point seven
0.07 point zero seven
Fractions
one half, a half
2 two and a half kilos
1/3 one third, a third
2/3 two thirds
a quarter
5 5/6 five five sixths
UNITS
3,684 is a four digit number
It contains 4 units 8 tens, 6 hundreds and 3 thousands.
PERCENTAGES
18% (eighteen per cent) of the people here are over 65.
CALCULATION
8+6 eight and six are fourteen
Eight plus six make fourteen

What is 8+6?

15- 3=12 fifteen take away three are (or equals) twelve
Three from fifteen leaves twelve
3x3=9
32:8 =4

three threes are nine

Three times three is nine
Thirty two divided by eight is (equals) four

32 = 9

three squared is nine

25=32

Two to the fifth (or to the power of five) is (or equals) thirty two.

+ addition / plus sign

_ subtraction / minus sign
x multplication sign
: division sign
LINEAR MEASURES
1 inch = 2.54 centimetres
1 foot = 30.48 centimetres
1 yard = 3 feet = 91.44 centimetres
1 mile = 1760 = 1,609.33 metres /1.609 kilometres

MEASURES OF CAPACITY
1 pint = 0,57 litres
1 quart = 2 pints = 1.136 litres
1 gallon = 4 quarts= 4.546 litres
WEIGHTS
1 ounce = 28.35 grams
1 pound = 16 ounces = 453.6 grams
TIME
2 hours 33 minutes and 14 seconds
Half an hour
A quarter of an hour
Three quarters of an hour
What s the time?
What do you make the time? Qu hora tienes?
I make it 2.20
Tengo las dos y veinte
My watch says 3:37
Its two oclock
Its five past four (4:05)
Its ten to six ( 5:50)
Its half past eight ( 8:30)
Its quarter past nine ( 9:15)
Its quarter to two (13:45)
At 10 a.m.
At 11 p. m
its just after three.
It is nearly nine.
About 8 oclock
At (or by) 6 oclock at the latest.
Have it ready for 5:30
It is full each night from 7 to 9.
Until 8 oclock.
It would be about 11.
At midnight.
Before midday, before noon.
Timetable
Schedule times = horas programadas/ tiempos horarios
Time schedules
deadline

MONEY
Currency:
Euro / cent
Pound / penny / pence
Dollar $ / cent

1 = one pound
1p = one penny / pence= pennies
$1 = one dollar
1cent = a cent

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(Convertidor rpido de divisas)
A dollar buys __0.77__ euros
How many dollars does a pound buy? 1.36
A dollar and a pound dont have the same value.
What is the exchange rate against the dollar? A cmo est el cambio con respecto al
dolar? 0.77 euros
27/01/2010
$1 = 0.71 euros
0.61 pounds
1 = 1.40 dollars
0.86 pounds
1 = 1.61 dollars
1.15 euros

Vocabulary related to money

Borrow
Lend
Increase
Amount to
Sales/s
Earn money
Pay
To pay in cash
By credit card
By check
By letter of credit L/C
Currency- local currency
Dollars = bucks
Pounds
Euros
Cents
Penny
Pence = pennies
Coins
Bill (US)
A bank note
A 2 euros coin
Five euros note
Fare = ticket
Fee _ sum of money paid for professional services to a doctor, lawyer, private school, .
Salary paid monthly into he bank (esp. to professional people)salary rise
Wages paid weekly in cash esp. to people who work with their hand
Pay
Rate interest rate
VAT =Valued Added Tax
Funds lack of funds
Prices

Salary/wages/pay
Fringe benefits : any reward given to an employee in addition to normal wage or
salary
such as : pension, the use of accompany car, the use of a house, free or
cheap meals, loans at low cost, a private medical treatment) = (bonificaciones,
ingresos complementarios)
Bonus = (paga extra)
Percentage
Payment Terms: by check, in cash, by credit card.
Credit cards No
Quotations
Budgets
Bill
Invoices
Fee
Taxes
VAT
Tickets
Application fee (at school) = (matrcula)
VAT
Good are charged with VAT.
What percentage of the net price is it?
Gross price
Net price
Gross salary
Net salary
In Spain
4% Mainly food and consumer goods (alimentacin y bienes de primera necesidad)
7% some food, dwelling
16% general trade, alcoholic drinks