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“Two over two” is the most common way to read this fraction. 10/x = Ten Over X. This method of reading fractions is more common in an algebra or math class.

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@@listening2english613 2/2 name in word like 2/3 is two-thirds

@@yogeshshrestha1460 1/2 = one half (common phrasing) or “one over two” (used in a math class sometimes, but not so common in daily life) 2/2 = two halves (grammatically correct, but this not common - very unusual to say this.) The most common phrasing for this fraction is “two over two”.

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Regarding fractions, such as 1/15, the correct and most common phrasing is "one fifteenth." However, the fraction could also be stated as "one over fifteen." The phrasing "one over fifteen" is used more often in a math or algebra class. Regarding other uses, fifteen and fifteenth are both correct, but they have different uses. Fifteen is a "cardinal number." Fifteenth is an "ordinal number." Cardinal numbers, such as fifteen, are used to describe "amounts." For example, "How many students were in the class? There were fifteen students." "How much did it cost? It cost fifteen dollars?" Ordinal numbers, such as fifteenth, are used to "describe the position in a sequence of numbers." For example, in a race, the person who wins the race would say, "I came in first." The next runner to cross the finish line would say, "I came in second," and the next runner would say, "I came in third." "I came in fifteenth" means that I was the fifteenth person to cross the finish line. In English, you need to use ordinal numbers for the dates of the year. This is because historically dates were stated as "The first day of January." "The fifteenth day of March." In North American English, the dates are now more commonly stated as "January first" or "March fifteenth." In short, cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers have different uses. Students of English need to learn both types of numbers and when to use them. Hope that helps.

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Let me start with a basic answer and then give a more nuanced answer. This is a whole number: 1,678,957. This is a decimal number: 1,678,957.00. Both numbers are equal. Here is the more nuanced answer. When should you use a decimal number and when should you use a whole number? To answer this question, you have to answer two other questions: 1. How precise can you be? (Can you accurately measure the number to one, two, or three decimal places?) 2. How precise do you want to be? (Does your audience really care about the decimal places?) If you are an accountant calculating the taxes owed to the Canadian government in Canadian dollars, and you are writing the information in a company report, you would use two decimal places -- $1,678,957.00. This is because Canadian currency uses dollars and cents. Everything to the left of the decimal place is dollars, and everything to the right of the decimal place is cents. The number would read as 1 million, 678 thousand, 957 dollars and zero cents.) The same accountant presenting this information to the boss may get rid of the decimal place thinking the boss doesn't need to know how many cents were paid. So, in the presentation the accountant would say, "We paid $1,678,957 in taxes." The accountant may even round the number to make it simpler. "We paid just under $1,679,000 in taxes." If you work for the city office and you are reporting the population of the city, you can't use decimal numbers. There is no such thing as "0.5 people." You would use a whole number. "The population is 1,678,957." Also, population is probably very difficult to measure in real time because people are being born every minute, people move, or people may die. In addition, the audience probably doesn't care about the exact number. For this reason, the population would usually be reported as a rounded number. "The population is approximately 1,679,000." Using decimal numbers, whole numbers, or rounded numbers is a choice. The key point is that you need a reason for the choices you make. Hope that helps. Thanks for the question.

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Typically, the phrase should be, "I graduated from high school in 2020." The word "graduated" indicates that you were a student. Therefore, there is no "the". Adding "the" in the sentence would be considered an error in most cases. However, there is an exception. "I graduated from the high school that is near the airport." In this case, "the high school" indicates "which high school." "The" is used to identify the location -- "the high school near the airport" (not the high school in the center of town). Perhaps this example helps. Both sentences are correct: 1. I studied biology in university. 2. I studied biology in the university where my wife now works. In the first sentence, I was a student and I majored in biology. In the second sentence, "the" is used to identify which university I studied at. For example, I studied at the University of Alberta, and my wife works at the University of Alberta.

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"And" must be used between a whole number and a fraction, but it is not used for decimals. Compare: 1.356 = one point three five six. 2 1/2 = two a half. "And" is optional when used with large numbers. With large numbers, "and" can be used between the "hundreds and tens". For example, 120 = one hundred twenty = one hundred twenty. It can also be used between the "hundreds and ones". For example, 101 = one hundred one = one hundred one.

For countable nouns you can say "one out of five" or "one in five." For example, "One out of five students has a part-time job." Or, "One in five students has a part-time job." You can also say, "One out of every five students has a part-time job." These methods are mostly done for emphasis -- perhaps in a presentation, in conversation, or in a news story. In more formal writing and speaking it would be, "One fifth of students report that they have a part-time job."

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