1.39% one point three nine per cent
0.033 nought point oh three three
7,476 seven thousand four hundred and sixty seven
906,570 nine hundred and six thousand five hundred and seventy
13.45 thirteen point four five
£13.45 thirteen pond point forty five
We use a full stop for a decimal point (i.e between whole numbers and decimal fractions) and a comma after millions and thousands ( i.e every three whole digits). We use ‘nought’ before the decimal point but ‘oh’ after it.
Numbers in different accents
BrE 0.07 point oh seven
Amr 0.07 nought point seven
Note
After ‘point’ we say numbers separate separate
Nought (Amr) point five
Using preposition for numbers in text
at, from, to, by
Last years sales started the year at 250 million Euros. They rose from 250 million in the first quarter to 275 million Euros in the second quarter. In the next three months, they increased by 225 million to 500 million Euros. Unfortunately they then fell by 100 million Euros to a final total of 400 millions Euros in the last three months of the year.
Our sales went up by 500 units from 2.500 in October to 3,000 in November. They stayed at 3,000 units in December.