How to read numbers?
First, try to separate the number in groups of three from right to left. Then read it in order from billion to million and thousand.
1,000,000 one million
1,000,000,000 one billion
2 Listen and read the numbers, paying special attention to the intonation. Then read the other numbers with your partner.
768 540
seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand , five hundred and forty
1,000,000,000
billon
million thousand
2 346 780
two million, three hundred and forty-six thousand, seven hundred and eighty
= The world has a population of 6.8 billion.
80 80 80
6800
The population is increasing by 80 million every year.
What a large population!
1b Listen to 1a and match the information.
1. the world 2. China
3. India