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Numeracy - Numbers for listening recognition
a) Teaching notes:
a) Give orally 5 numbers per lesson
b) Take care to pronounce the numbers carefully
c) Write the pronounciations on the board; e.g. 105 = a hundred AND five
d) Remind students that there is no special unit for 10,000 (Korean "man") in English
e) Remember |000|000|000|000|000|00 = trillions/billions/millions/thousands/hundreds/tens
b) Presentation:
1. a) 0.2275; b) 550 x 1036; cm c) 750/36; d) 5/7; e) 3/4
note: explain what a "fraction" and a "dimension" are.
The symbol "x" is spoken as "by" for a dimension, and
"times" for multiplication.
2. a) 5.7344; b) 175 x 901 x83 cm; c) 5/8; d) 061 4894 7221; e) $ 53272.65
3. a) 11.32; b) 5731; c) 2 billion; d) tel. 8103 549 5839; e) 3/4
4. a) 1/3; b) 5/8; c) 1/2; d) 1/5; e) 2/3; [... and convert to decimals]
5. a) 4,500 won; b) tel. 7782-394-5521; c) 15.19 kg; d) 14.7 degrees centigrade; e) 77,850 won
... invent your own!
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