Bean
Can 1/2,1/4 be write as one-second,one-fourth?
23. Apr. 2024 02:04
Antworten · 4
2
Hi, native English speaker here! Do you mean writing this out as you would say verbally? I would say the pattern "one third..... Fourth.... Fifth..." works except for 1/2. For 1/2 you could say "one half" or "half". Or it can be expressed as "fifty percent" I have never heard it as "one-second". For 1/4 you could say "a fourth" or "one-fourth" or sometimes this is called "a quarter". A quarter is also a coin worth 25 cents (which is 1/4 or a quarter of a dollar). Similarly.... 1/3 -> "a third" or "one third" Hope this was helpful and not overly confusing :)
23. April 2024
When doing arithmetic, you would read this equation 1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4 as "one (or 'a') half plus one (or 'a') fourth equals three fourths". When talking about cutting a pizza, you would say "Bob gets half (of it), Sally gets a fourth (or 'a quarter') (of it), and I'll eat the rest."
23. April 2024
Haben Sie noch keine Antworten gefunden?
Geben Sie Ihre Fragen ein und lassen Sie sich von Muttersprachlern helfen!