2018-03-01 Pronunciation: bigger numbers

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Larger numbers:
100 = a hundred / one hundred
123 = a/one hundred (and) twenty-three
1000 = a/one thousand
1100 = eleven hundred (or one thousand one hundred)
	(Between 1,000 and 10,000, numbers that end in 00 are still often called “hundred”)
1185 = eleven hundred eighty-five (one thousand, one hundred eighty five)
1250 = twelve hundred fifty
10,000 = ten thousand
12,345 = twelve thousand, three hundred forty-five
123,456 = one hundred twenty-three thousand, four hundred fifty-six
1,000,000 = one million
1,000,000,000 = one billion
1,000,000,000,000 = one trillion
1,000,000,000,000,000 = one quadrillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one quintillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one sextillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one septillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one octillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one nonillion
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one decillion
10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 = one googol = 10^100
6.02x1023 = six point oh-two times ten to the twenty-third
⅚ = five sixths
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Handout: Go around the room and pronounce the numbers.
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How would we ask questions to get this information?
How many people live in ____?
What is the population of ____?
How high is ____?
How long is ____?
How tall is ____?
How far is ____ from ____?
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Ask your partner questions about this information and write the number your partner answers with. Then check to see if you wrote the correct numbers.
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Then ask similar questions about your partner’s country. Use Google to find the answers if you need to.
What is the area of the United States?
How big is the United States? (We’d probably understand this as the area.)
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What is the GDP of Japan?
How long is the longest river?