A.分?jǐn)?shù)
  分?jǐn)?shù)中分子用基數(shù)詞表示,分母用序數(shù)詞表示。先讀分子,后讀分母。當(dāng)分子大于1時(shí),分母要加“s”。例如
  1/2讀作:a/one?half(口語(yǔ)中更傾向于用“a”代替“one”)
  1/3讀作:a/one?third
  1/8讀作:an/one?eighth
  1/4讀作:a/one?quarter(fourth)
  2/3讀作:two?thirds
  1/5/9讀作one?and?five?ninths
  比較復(fù)雜的分?jǐn)?shù)常常用over這個(gè)詞表示。如:
  317/509讀作:three?hundred?and?seventeen?over?five?hundred?and?nine
  3/4hour,7/lOmile則說(shuō)three?quarters?of?an?hour(三刻鐘),seven?tenths?of?a
  mile(十分之七英里)。
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b)百分比
  讀百分比只需在相應(yīng)的數(shù)字后加“percent"。如:
  25%讀作twenty-five?percent
  11.3%讀作eleven?point?three?percent