Reading Data - Numbers and Figures PDF

Reading Data Numbers and Figures 50 40 30 20 10 0 Being able to read and convey data is a crucial skill for most business conversations and presentations. This includes: Figures Graphs Statistics Metrics...

Reading Data Numbers and Figures 50 40 30 20 10 0 Being able to read and convey data is a crucial skill for most business conversations and presentations. This includes: Figures Graphs Statistics Metrics Proportions  Cardinal & Ordinal numbers 4 2 1 35 1st... 2nd...3rd... 4th... 5th Numbers: Necessary basics Ordinals in English always finish with “th” EXCEPT for numbers ending in 1, 2, or 3, which finish with first, second and third, respectively. This exception does not include 11, 12 and 13. Decimals For numbers that are not whole, we read as follows: Decimals are read as: Whole number / point / decimal digits separately 4.56: “Four point five six” When the whole number is 0, this is read as “oh” (Am) or “nought” (Br). 0.19: “Oh point one nine” The “.” symbol For decimals - point For text - period / stop For internet addresses - dot  Years, decades and centuries: Remember that years are not read as whole numbers: How about these years? 1714 Nineteen eighty seven 2008 NOT one thousand nine hundred and eighty seven 1703 The years between 2000 and 2009 are usually read as whole numbers. 2024 2002 = two thousand and two 687 The years between 1 and 999 are usually read as whole numbers. 1600 530 = five hundred and thirty 2010 1066 When there is a zero in the 3 digit, we read it as “oh” 1809 = eighteen oh nine 2000 When there are two zeroes, we simple say “hundred” 1900 = nineteen hundred Decades and centuries For decades of the 20th century, simply say “the + whole number + s” 50s = the fifties Exceptions: 90s = the nineties The 1900s = the nineteen hundreds The 1910s = the nineteen tens For other centuries (including the 21st), We always say the century The 1850s = the eighteen fifties The 2020s = the twenty twenties Reading large figures The order is exactly as in Spanish. REMEMBER to use the word “and” after saying “hundred” 549,422 = five hundred AND forty nine thousand, four hundred AND twenty two Read the following numbers 231,986 1,702,512 482,947 3,252,800 120,017 How do you read this number? This is one BILLION One of the key differences between Spanish and English is that for a 10 digit number, Spanish uses “mil millones” but English goes directly from millions to billions and then trillions. Abbreviations and shortenings Very commonly, we use abbreviations when writing out large figures. We use: K - for thousands M - for millions (Not MM) B (often Bn) - for billions T - for trillions Examples: $41k £1.2M  Abbreviations and shortenings English tends to shorten four digit numbers, similar to what happens with years: 1200: Can be read as one thousand two hundred OR twelve hundred We take the first two digits as one number and the two zeros as “hundred” Read the following numbers in their shortened form: 4,100 3,100 5,800 7,700 9,400 1,100 Mathematical operations: How do you say these in English? “Military time” English usually uses the 12 hour system (AM and PM) rather than the 24 hour system which they call “military time” Don’t say “I’ll see you at 14” Say “I’ll see you at 2 pm” On the rare occasions when they do use military time. It’s the same as the shortened version, but we usually add the word “hours” “I’ll meet you at fourteen hundred hours (14:00).” “We leave at oh six hundred (06:00).” VOCABULARY Money-related Vocabulary In the red Budgeting Bottom line Savings Income Expenses Quote/Estimate Fees Invoice Costs Revenue Profits Earnings Reading Data THANKS!