SOME FORMS OF NUMERICAL EXPRESSIONS VULGAR FRACTION DECIMAL FRACTION ROOTS POWERS MATHEMATICAL OPERATION MATHEMATICAL INSTRUCTION PROPERTIES AND SHAPES LOCATION FUNCTION, PURPOSE, MEANS MEASUREMENT 1 one 3 1st first 3rd three third 5 fifth five 7 seven Cardinal 5th 7th seventh Ordinal 101 one hundred and one 110 one hundred and ten 1001 one thousand and one 1010 one thousand and ten 1100 one thousand one hundred 1251 one thousand two hundred and fifty one How do we say One half and 1 2 and 1 4 in English? A quarter 1 3 How about and One third and 2 3 ? Two thirds 1 2 3 5 2 Can you say and in English? Yes. Two and one third and Five over two whole number 1 3 4 denominator numerator 5 The square root of five 2 5 Two and the square root of five 3 7 The cube root of seven 5 7 3 Five and the cube root of seven 52 five squared 73 seven cubed 94 nine to the power of four 35 three to the power of five 11−2 eleven to the power of minus two 0.5 point five 0.25 point two five 1.5 one point five 1.25 one point two five 0.025 point zero two five How much is five plus three? Five plus three is eight (5+3=8). How much is nine minus four? Nine minus four is five (9-4=5). Is six multiplied by two twelve? Yes. Six multiplied by two is twelve (6x2=12). Is Eight divided by four three? No. Eight divided by four is two (8:4=2). Add (+)! Add five (+5) and four to get nine. Subtract (-)! Subtract two (-2) from nine to get seven. Divide by (:)! Divide nine (:9) by three to get three. Multiply by (x)! Multiply two (x2) by five to get ten.