Here are some phrases and expressions using numbers and American prices.

See also: Free-English-Study: Numbers and Prices.

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American Numbers and Prices

Remember that in English, we divide prices at the decimal point.

For example:

$4.59

four dollars (and) fifty-nine cents four / fifty nine

(long way) (short way)

(Time is also divided in a similar way: 12:47 is said ?twelve / forty-seven?)

For example:

267 4381

two hundred sixty-seven two / sixty seven four thousand three hundred eighty-one forty-three / eighty-one

(long way) (short way)

Some people also use two-digit phrasing with telephone numbers:

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)____

 

*Also: a dollar seventy-nine
**Also: twenty-nine (dollars) even