numbers

How is a sports score of 2-0 usually said?

Two-nil, two-nought or two-null?

Billions and billions

We live in a world of numbers. They're on our clocks and calendars, and in our phones and bank accounts. They exist as whole numbers but also as fractions, decimals and percentages, as ratios and sports scores. Are you comfortable expressing all of them in English?

Spotlight 10/2011

BEAUTIFUL HAWAII
Paradise in the Pacific

USING NUMBERS
As easy as 1, 2, 3

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Spotlight in the classroom 10/2011

This month: writing haikus, expressing opinions, talking about dates and events.

Spotlight Audio 10/2011

This month on Spotlight Audio: Beautiful Hawaii. Using numbers in English. Opera in British pubs. Talking about Halloween. Hunting season. Telephoning at work. And much more.

Milestones

Students play a game talking about milestones in their lives.

It's a date!

Students work with dates and figures, using an article about historical events.

The great daylight conspiracy

Mike Pilewski asks: "Do we really need to keep resetting our clocks? Why not let nature take its course?"

The prefix for the number 1 followed by 27 zeroes should be "hella-", say some.

One octillion is a hella big number

In California, you can say "There are hella stars out tonight." The word "hella" means "a lot". That's why Austin Sendek of the University of California wants it to be the prefix corresponding to the number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Spoken English: Numbers

In this week's podcast, we focus on the language of numbers. English contains many idioms with numbers. Listen to the phrase we give you, and see if you can guess which number is correct.

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