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Mon 28 May, 2012 05:55 am
"the $1.3-trillion" read as "the one point three trillion dollar" or just "the one point three trillion"?
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Impossible arithmetic
As Congress tries to tackle the $1.3-trillion US deficit by cutting the $660-billion discretionary budget, scientists must unite with non-traditional allies to ensure that research doesn’t suffer.
@oristarA,
"the one point three trillion dollar"
The currency sign indicates that the amount, when read out, is followed by the name of the currency.
$1
one dollar
$100
one hundred dollars
$1,000,000
one million dollars
However when discussing values we use the singular form of the currency name and often a hyphen or two
a $5 sandwich
a five dollar sandwich
a $1000 car
a thousand dollar car
large values are often written with the words million, billion, trillion, etc to avoid a row of unsightly (and hard to instantly evaluate) zeroes:
a $5 trillion dollar deficit
a five trillion dollar deficit
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