"0.65 m"
By Emre1206
@Emre1206 (41)
Turkey
January 3, 2013 2:13pm CST
How are the expressions such as "0.65 m" read in English?
Zero Point Six Five meters?
Or What ?
5 responses
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
3 Jan 13
Assuming that 'm' stands for 'metres', English speakers would, variously, read it as:
"zero point six five metres"
"nought point six five metres"
"point six five metres"
or (incorrectly),
"point sixty five metres"
'm' may also stand for 'minutes' or 'miles' but the intention is either clear from the context or other abbreviations are used.
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@ElvisH1978 (101)
• United States
26 Mar 13
I tend to read it as point sixty-five meters. Honestly, I think the correct way to say it is sixty five hundredths of a meter. I hope i said that right as it has been a long time since I was in school.
@marguicha (223107)
• Chile
12 Mar 13
I woukld translate it to centimeters. We speak in metres and centimetres in my country. And that could be written that way but said 56 centimetres.
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
26 Mar 13
Hi,
We can read it as 'Zero point six five meters.' We can not read it as zero point sixty five. Because it is the fraction part of the rational number. Sixty five is the whole number and we should not read the number after decimal point as a whole number. the number before decimal point is always a whole number.
For example we can read 65.65 as sixty five point six five.
@StLouisMetroTutoring (678)
• St. Peters, Missouri
3 Jan 13
It could also be read the mathematical way: 65 hundredths of a meter (or whatever m stands for). But I admit I often resort to just saying what I see and getting something closer to point six five meters.