VULGAR FRACTIONS

VULGAR FRACTIONS

VULGAR FRACTIONS
An/one eight = 1/8
A/one quarter = 1/4
A/one half = 1/2
Three quarters = 3/4
DECIMAL FRACTIONS
(nought) point one two five = 0,125
(nought) point two five = 0,25
(nought) point five = 0,5
12 + 8 = 20 You say. Twelve plus eight equals / is twenty.
10 – 2 = 8 You say : ten minus two equals/is eight
60 : 5 = 12 You say. Sixty divided by five equals/ is twelve
7 x 5 = 35 You say. seven times five equals / is thirty five
TIME OF DAY
7.00 – seven o’clock/a m / p m
8.15 – a quarter past eight / eight fifteen
5.10 – ten 9minutes) past five / five ten
6.30 – half past six 6.35 – twenty five to seven / six thirty five
9.45 – a quarter to ten
1.55 – five to two / one fifty five
One hour has 60 minutes
One minute has 60 second
a.m – ante maridiem (before noon)
p.m – post meridiem (after noon)
DATES
3rd Jan 1985 – the third of January nineteen eighty-five
2nd July 1990 – the second of July nineteen ninety
May 4, 1987 – May fourth, nineteen eighty-seven
I was born on ………..
January is the first month of the year.