Exercise 4 Converting Numbers To Words And Words To Numbers. (This will help you to write cheques, stories and legal papers) At the end of this exercise you will: • Be able to convert numbers to the written word • Be able to convert the written word to numbers • Be able to write a cheque Answers on pages 6 and 7 of this exercise. 1 Converting Numbers To Words And Words To Numbers. In our everyday lifes we come across written numbers, in the newspapers, on bank cheques and in legal documents, so it is important to be able to read and understand them. In the previous exercises 1, 2 and 3 we have dealt with just the numbers, in this exercise, we will deal with converting numbers into written words. The first thing that you need to know is how to spell the various numbers so use the chart below: 0 Nought or Zero 1 One 2 Two 3 Three 4 Four 5 Five 6 Six 7 Seven 8 Eight 9 Nine 1, 000, 000 Million 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen 1, 000, 000, 000 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1000 Billion Twenty Thirty Forty Fifty Sixty Seventy Eighty Ninety Hundred Thousand A billion used to be within the British Isles, a million million (1, 000, 000, 000, 000), now it is the same as America and France, which is a thousand million (1, 000, 000, 000) So if you are reading a British book, newspaper or article, that is old and it states a billion, it means the old billion which is a million million. Tips: Cut out the above table and glue it on to a blank postcard and keep as a handy reference. When writing numbers such as twenty five, put a hyphen between the twenty and five like this twenty-five. Don’t forget for 15 and 50 the V in the word changes to an F. 2 Numbers to Words Exercise 1: Write each number in words. The first three questions are done for you. Tip: Write it, as you would say it. a. 3 b. 17 c. 134 d. 2 e. 7 f. 25 g. 78 h. 91 i. 105 j. 286 k. 784 l. 818 m. 910 n. 987 o. 1,007 p. 3,555 q. 6,066 r. 9,000 Three Seventeen One hundred and thirty-four 3 Words to Numbers Exercise 2: Change the words to numbers. The first three questions are done for you. a. Six b. Fourteen c. Two hundred and eleven d. Nine e. Thirteen f. Thirty-three g. Sixty-five h. Seventy-three i. Ninety-nine j. One hundred and three k. Two hundred and twenty-one l. Five hundred and thirty-eight m. Seven hundred and sixty-six n. Eight hundred and seventy-seven o. Nine hundred and ninety-five p. One thousand, seven hundred and one q. Four thousand, seven hundred and fifteen r. Five thousand, five hundred and fifty 6 14 211 4 Cheques Fill in the amounts in words on the cheques on the line where it says “The sum of”, also put in to-days date on the line where it says Date. You will pay the cheque to a family member and sign your name on the line below the amount in numbers. The first cheque is done for you.. Pay Mary O’Money The sum of Fourty-seven euro and fifty cents __________________________________ “000 467 93 37589 457884554 065 Pay________________________________________ euro The sum of__________________________________ __________________________________ “000 468 93 37589 457884554 065 Pay________________________________________ euro The sum of__________________________________ __________________________________ “000 469 93 37589 457884554 065 Date 12-Nov-05 euro euro euro € __47 . 50_ Sean O’Money Date___________ euro euro € __100 . 78_ Sean O’Money Date___________ euro euro € __1425 _ Sean O’Money 5 Answers to Numbers to Words Exercise 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 3 17 134 2 7 25 78 91 105 286 784 818 910 987 1,007 3,555 6,066 9,000 Three Seventeen One hundred and thirty-four Two Seven Twenty-five Seventy-eight Ninety-one One hundred and five Two hundred and eighty-six Seven hundred and eighty-four Eight hundred and eighteen Nine hundred and ten Nine hundred and eighty-seven One thousand and seven Three thousand five hundred and fifty-five Six thousand and sixty-six Nine thousand Answers to Words to Numbers Exercise 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. Six Fourteen Two hundred and eleven Nine Thirteen Thirty-three Sixty-five Seventy-three Ninety-nine One hundred and three Two hundred and twenty-one Five hundred and thirty-eight Seven hundred and sixty-six Eight hundred and seventy-seven Nine hundred and ninety-five One thousand, seven hundred and one Four thousand, seven hundred and fifteen Five thousand, five hundred and fifty 6 14 211 9 13 33 65 73 99 103 221 538 766 877 995 1, 701 4, 715 5, 550 6 Answers to Cheques Pay A. N. Other euro The sum of One hundred euro and seventy-eight cents _________________________________ “000 468 93 37589 457884554 065 Pay A. N. Other euro The sum of One thousand, four hundred and twenty-five Euro and ninety-nine cents “000 469 93 37589 457884554 065 Date 14-07-2004 euro euro € __100 . 78_ Sean O’Money Date 14-07-2004 euro euro € __1425 . 99 Sean O’Money 7
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