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How to I read in English??    ?    ?    2¾  1¾

Khoff · Accepted Answer

one-third, two-thirds, seven-eighths, two and three-fourths, one and three-fourths

Vincent Teo · Answer

anyone can show me the website about the number? I don't know how to read them. Thanks.

How about:

1/2 , 2/2 , 3/2,

1/3, 1/4, 1/5 , 2/6, 3/7, 4/8, 5/9, 6/10, 7/11, 8/12, 9/13

Optilang · Answer

1/2 = one/a half
2/2 = 2
3/2 = one-and-a-half
1/3 = one-third
1/4 = one/a quarter
1/5 = one-fifth
2/6 = 1/3 = one-third
3/7 = three-sevenths
4/8 = 2/4 = 1/2 = one/a half
5/9 = five-ninths
6/10 = 3/5 = three-fifths
7/11 = seven-elevenths
8/12 = 4/6 = 2/3 = two-thirds
9/13 = nine-thirteenths
3/4 = three-quarters

New2grammar · Answer

optilang2/2 = 2

Wow. I didn't know that.

Optilang · Answer

I wanted to make sure someone checked the answers!

Khoff · Answer

optilang1/2 = one/a half
2/2 = 2
3/2 = one-and-a-half
1/3 = one-third
1/4 = one/a quarter
1/5 = one-fifth
2/6 = 1/3 = one-third
3/7 = three-sevenths
4/8 = 2/4 = 1/2 = one/a half
5/9 = five-ninths
6/10 = 3/5 = three-fifths
7/11 = seven-elevenths
8/12 = 4/6 = 2/3 = two-thirds
9/13 = nine-thirteenths
3/4 = three-quarters

I think some of these are a bit misleading. (Apart from the fact that 2/2 equals 1, not 2!)

Yes, 8/12 is equal to two-thirds, but the question was how to read the fraction, not how to simplify it. I would never "read" 8/12 as "two-thirds"! If I were reading aloud a math problem I would say "eight-twelfths" or "Eight over twelve." Similarly with 3/2 ("three halves" or "three over two") 4/8, 2/6 and so on.

Also, for 1/4 and 3/4, how I would read it would depend on context. In a recipe, I would say "One-quarter teaspoon of vanilla" or 'three-quarters of a cup of flour," but in a math problem I would say "one-fourth" or "three-fourths."

Optilang · Answer

Awfully sorry, maybe I shouldn't have bothered - I don't like to think I've misled anyone.

Kooyeen · Answer

1/2 = one half - one over two
3/2 = three halves - three over two
3/4 = three fourths (also three quarters in British English) - three over four
2/5 = two fifths - two over five
4/10 = four tenths - four over ten
20/348 = twenty over three hundred forty-eight - twenty over three forty-eight

Goodman · Answer

I don’t think anybody would deliberately express a fraction as 3/2 or call it three halvesin real world. I can  see where Optilang was coming from….

BarbaraPA · Answer

Regardless, in math class you'd say three halves or 3 over 2.

It depends on the context whether you'd automatically translate it or not.

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