分?jǐn)?shù)、小數(shù)和百分?jǐn)?shù)的讀法

    分?jǐn)?shù)
    表示分?jǐn)?shù)時(shí)，分子要用基數(shù)詞，分母用序數(shù)詞。如果分子大于1，分母必須用復(fù)數(shù)形式：
    1／3→a（one）third
    2／3→two thirds
    1／4→a（one）quarter（或fourth）
    3／7→three sevenths
    1／2→應(yīng)讀作a（one）half
    ＊比較復(fù)雜的分?jǐn)?shù)如：24／789，多讀作 twenty four over seven hundred and eighty nine。
    小數(shù)
    表示小數(shù)時(shí)，小數(shù)點(diǎn)前面的基數(shù)詞和前面講的基數(shù)詞的讀法相同；小數(shù)點(diǎn)后的數(shù)字則必須一一讀出：
    0．0089→（zero ／naught）point zero zero eight nine
    1．36→one point three six
    百分?jǐn)?shù)
    百分?jǐn)?shù)由percent表示，百分號(hào)％讀作 percent，應(yīng)用時(shí)常與by連用。
    0．68％→zero point six eight percent
    6％→six percent
    369％→three hundred and sixty nine percent
    The output of steel went up by 20 percent．鋼產(chǎn)量增長(zhǎng)20％。
    The price of cotton was reduced by 20 percent．棉花的價(jià)格下降了20％。
    The loss of water has been reduced to less than 30 percent．水的損耗減少到30％以下。