Phrases for Conversation
American Numbers and Prices
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Here 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) |
| 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) | |
| four thousand three hundred eighty-one | |||
| forty-three / eighty-one |
Some people also use two-digit phrasing with telephone numbers:
| For example | 565-8347 | five-six-five // eighty-three / forty-seven |
Practice the following prices (both long and short ways) with a partner:
That will be____(price)______
That comes to ____(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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