Numbers are where misunderstandings cost the most: a salary, a price, a deadline, a meeting time or a delivery address. This episode teaches you to hear and decode lakh and crore, day-first dates, IST and landmark directions quickly and safely. What you will learn: • Lakh and crore, Indian digit grouping, and quick conversion tricks • Rupees, paise, "K", LPA, CTC and "only" on formal amounts • Saying numbers aloud: 10-digit mobile numbers, "double" and "triple" • Dates written day first, "coming Friday", "day after tomorrow" and "fortnight" • Time: one time zone (IST, UTC + 5:30, no daylight saving), "sharp", "ten in the night" • Addresses and landmarks: opposite, behind, beside, Main and Cross roads, PIN code, ground floor • Practice: decode eight numbers, plus six strategies and self-check questions Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.