Numbers, Dates, and Measurements

When hundred, thousand, billion are preceded by another number (e.g. three hundred) no -s plural is required. You can say hundreds, thousands etc to mean ‘several hundred / thousand’ (e.g. Hundreds / thousands of people are becoming victims every day).

Quantities are considered singular (e.g. three kilos is ..., 500 km is ...).

When referring to measurements note the word order: I am two meters tall (verb + measurement + adjective).

The definite article (the) is not required before percentages (the 10%) or questions in a test (I found the number three difficult).

Dates can be said in various ways. When writing, it is best to avoid -th, -st and -rd, because you may attach them to the wrong number (e.g. March 21th instead of March 21st or simply March 21).

Sports scores are said without a preposition: We won six four (6-4).