Hi! Are number 1 and 3 acceptable? Thanks, Fulvio
1. A quarter of one hundred equals twenty five.
2. One quarter of one hundred equals twenty five.
3. A half of one hundred equals fifty.
4. One half of one hundred equals fifty.
yellowstarstruck Are number 1 and 3 acceptable? Yes. In fact, they're are more commonly said than 2 and 4.
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yellowstarstruckAre number 1 and 3 acceptable?
Yes. In fact, they're are more commonly said than 2 and 4.
They are all acceptable, however.
CJ
I much more often hear and say is than equals.
eg A half of one hundred is fifty.