8655 signs and symbols

point ̊degree % per cent Division Divide twelve by four 12 ÷ 4 = 3 Twelve divided by four equals three Four into twelve goes three Multiplication Multiply these numbers 3 x 2 = 6 Three

Minus / Take away

Take five from eight

8 – 5 = 3 Eight minus five equals three Eight take away five is three

Addition / Plus

Add these numbers

3 + 4 = 7 Three plus four equals seven Three and four is seven

+ plus

— minus

X multiply / times

÷ divide

= equals

 tick

X cross

& and

point

̊degree

% per cent

Division

Divide twelve by four

12 ÷ 4 = 3 Twelve divided by four equals three

Four into twelve goes three

Multiplication

Multiply these numbers

3 x 2 = 6 Three multiplied by two equals six

Three times two is six Three twos are six

36.8 ̊ to 37 ̊C Normal human body temperature is thirty six point eight to thirty seven degrees His temperature is almost forty

What is the temperature?

24 ̊ It’s twenty four degrees

-5 ̊ It’s minus five degrees It’s five below zero

100 ̊C Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius

0 ̊ Water freezes at zero degrees

I bought this jacket at a sale

There was a fifty per cent discount

so I got it for half price

It cost me fifty five dollars The original price was one hundred and ten dollars

Was $110 Now $55

1/2 kg I bought half a kilogram of prawns.

1/2 cup I need half a cup of water 1/3 cup This recipe needs a third of a cup of water 1/4 tsp salt a quarter of a teaspoon of salt

2 tsp sugar two teaspoons of sugar

3 tbsp flour three tablespoons of flour

1/2 - a half

1/3 - a third

2/3 - two thirds

1/4 - a quarter

1/5 - a fifth

1/8 - an eighth

give 110%

Make the maximum possible effort

This is a very important game The only way we'll win

is if every one of you gives 110% when we play

dot the i's and cross the t's

To take care of every detail, even minor ones;

To be meticulous or thorough

He is very careful about details when he manages a project He always dots the i’s and crosses the t’s

A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry

with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten

to mind one's p's and q's

To be very careful to behavecorrectly

When we go to visit, do remember to mind your p's

and q's, children Don't be impolite

Write the numbers in words:

The doctor took the child’s temperature It was _ (39.8 ̊)

It was cold this morning The temperature was (-4 ̊) The forecast maximum temperature for London tomorrow is ( 19 ̊C ) _ of the Australian population is of Aboriginal descent (2 ½ %) She used _of fruit in that pie (1 ½ kg) I’ll have to eat less I’ve put on _ since Christmas (1 k) This recipe uses _ of milk (3/4 cup) There was a discount on everything in the store ( 25%)

A truck delivered over of topsoil for the garden next door (3 m3 )

I bought a kilo and a half of bananas.

I bought one and a half kilos of

apples

Cube

cube

cubed

cubic

The raised garden needed one and a half cubic metres of soil

Answer Key

Write the numbers in words:

The doctor took the child’s temperature It was thirty nine point eight (39.8 ̊)

It was cold this morning The temperature was minus four degrees ( -4 ̊)

The forecast maximum temperature for London tomorrow is nineteen degrees Celsius ( 19 ̊C )

The word degrees is understood when we speak about temperature and is only added for clarification.

Celsius is added when talking about other countries so there is no confusion with degrees Fahrenheit ( 79 ̊F)

Two and a half per cent of the Australian population is of Aboriginal descent (2 ½ %)

She used a kilo and a half of fruit in that pie (1 ½ kg) (or one and a half kilos)

I’ll have to eat less I’ve put on a kilo since Christmas (1 k)

This recipe uses three quarters of a cup of milk (3/4 cup)

There was a twenty five percent discount on everything in the store ( 25%)

% Per cent or percent

A truck delivered over three cubic metres of topsoil for the garden next door (3 m3 )