Numbers and Dates — Lückentext 3

Gemischte Übung: Dezimalzahlen, Brüche, Spielstände, Telefonnummern und besondere Zahlenformen.

Aufgabe

1. The value of pi is approximately . (3.14)
   → The value of pi is approximately three point one four. (Dezimalzahl: Punkt statt Komma; Ziffern nach dem Punkt einzeln gesprochen)
2. The team won the match . (3–0, British English)
   → The team won the match three nil. (britisches Englisch: nil = 0 bei Spielständen; amerikanisch: zero)
3. She drank of the bottle. (3/4)
   → She drank three quarters of the bottle. (Brüche ab 2/3: Nenner im Plural — two thirds, three quarters)
4. My phone number is . (07700 900123)
   → My phone number is oh seven seven oh oh, nine oh oh one two three. (Telefonnummern: einzelne Ziffern; 0 = oh oder zero)
5. The temperature fell to degrees overnight. (–5.5)
   → The temperature fell to minus five point five degrees overnight. (negative Dezimalzahl: minus + Dezimalform)
6. The survey showed that of respondents agreed. (2/3)
   → The survey showed that two thirds of respondents agreed. (Brüche ab 2/3: Nenner im Plural — two thirds)
7. The score in the tennis match was . (15–0)
   → The score in the tennis match was fifteen love. (Tennis: 0 = love)
8. The inflation rate rose to per cent. (2.8)
   → The inflation rate rose to two point eight per cent. (Dezimalzahl: Punkt statt Komma; Ziffern nach dem Punkt einzeln gesprochen)
9. Only of the students passed the test. (1/2)
   → Only a half (or: half) of the students passed the test. (1/2 = a half oder half; 1/4 = a quarter)
10. The phone number is . (0800 077 3311)
    → The phone number is oh eight hundred, oh double seven, double three double one. (Doppelziffern: double + Ziffer; 0 = oh)
11. The package weighs kilograms. (0.5)
    → The package weighs nought point five (or: zero point five) kilograms. (0 vor dem Dezimalpunkt: BrE nought, AmE zero)
12. The recipe needs of a cup of sugar. (1/4)
    → The recipe needs a quarter of a cup of sugar. (1/4 = a quarter; 1/2 = a half)
13. The score at half-time was . (1–1, British English)
    → The score at half-time was one all. (britisches Englisch: Gleichstand = X all)
14. of people visited the museum last year. (hundreds)
    → Hundreds of people visited the museum last year. (vage Mengenangabe: Plural mit of — hundreds of, thousands of)
15. The exchange rate is dollars per euro. (1.09)
    → The exchange rate is one point oh nine dollars per euro. (Dezimalzahl: Ziffern nach dem Punkt einzeln; 0 = oh)