Lesson Twenty-one, Part I
Reading Numbers
reading phone numbers (715) 555-3423 (212) 555-9876 | It’s a good idea to read each number, one at a time, starting with the area code. | |
reading an address 2548 W. Main Street 3165 N. Nelson Avenue 875 E. Seventh Street 124 W. 44th St. 1008 Clinton Avenue S. | Numbers in addresses are often combined in pairs. | |
reading a zip code 60045 55420 10010 90174 | Numbers in zip codes are read individually. | |
reading large numbers 700 234 179 309 999 | large numbers — hundreds | |
7,000 2200 / 1800 / 9100
3,871 76,000 76,255 870,428 176,300 602,899 |
large numbers — thousands
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3,000,000 38,000,000 38,500,000 38,580,900 4,534,289 907,210,034 | large numbers — millions | |
2,000,000,000 19,000,000,000 45,200,000,000 87,348,981,420 109,408,441,911 | large numbers — billions |