分數(shù)
表示分數(shù)時,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→應讀作a（one）half
＊比較復雜的分數(shù)如：24／789,多讀作 twenty four over seven hundred and eighty nine.
小數(shù)
表示小數(shù)時,小數(shù)點前面的基數(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
百分數(shù)
百分數(shù)由percent表示,百分號％讀作 percent,應用時常與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20％.
The price of cotton was reduced by 20 percent．棉花的價格下降了20％.
The loss of water has been reduced to less than 30 percent．水的損耗減少到30％以下.