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Hello everyone,
Did I say the following numbers correctly?
2,250 large pieces of stone
1. two thousand two hundred and fifty large pieces of stone
2. two thousand point two five zero pieces of stone
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JA
Top answer
1. Correct 2. 25 (1/4) piece of stone.
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- Correct 2.
- 25 (1/4) piece of stone.
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1. Correct
2. As written, you stated '2000.250', this would be 2000 full stones plus a .25 (1/4) piece of stone.
01. two thousand two hundred (and) fifty large stones
"Piece of stone" is not correct.
2. 2.250 pounds (kilograms) of gravel /sand
Two and a quarter pounds/kilograms of gravel
0Joseph A1. two thousand two hundred and fifty large pieces of stone
The number is two thousand two hundred fifty, no "and", but almost everybody says the "and" anyway.
Joseph A2. two thousand point two five zero pieces of stone
We use a comma every three places as an aid to reading just as many other languages use
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