This is the number one question that I get asked!
Do you hesitate to volunteer information in meetings because you are not sure how to say the numbers correctly? Would you like to convey numbers relating to turnover, profit margins, or even losses in business meetings? Hesitate no more… read down and you can even download a printable …or take a photo and keep it on your phone…
I have a simple rule that you can follow. Once you have learned it, you will be able to reel off every number, full of confidence and without hesitation.
RULE
Say AND before the 2 numbers, which are before a decimal point or a comma.
Sounds complicated?? Let me show you…..
Why not test yourself?
3,527
56,098
164,456
3,690,303
Fun Facts:
Grand is a well-used slang for thousand.
- ‘That car will cost you twenty grand!’
You will also see K used.
- ‘The house costs 200K.’
In these circumstances K is short for Kilo – which means 1,000.
US Dollars are often called Greenbacks – because the money is green, which incidentally is traditionally associated with money, finances, banking, ambition, greed, jealousy, and Wall Street.
Be aware the American definition of a billion is different from the English definition.
English billion = 1 million million = 1,000,000,000,000
USA billion = 1 thousand million = 1,000,000,000
As time moves on, more international organizations are adopting the American version, possibly because there are so few occasions when people would need to use the English one!
