This document contains:
1) Fractions written in Spanish and English, including proper and improper fractions.
2) Common mathematical expressions and operations written in Spanish.
3) How to write decimals in Spanish and the difference from English decimal notation.
4) Common units of measurement for length, volume, and dates written in both Spanish and English.
1. QUEBRADOS:
½ a half
1/3 a/one third
¼ a quarter
2/5 two fifths
1/8 an/one eighths
1/10 a/one tenth
1/16 a/one sixteenth
1½ one and a half
2 3/8 two and three eighths
EXPRESIONES MATEMÁTICAS:
+ Plus
- Minus
X times o multiplied by
÷ divided by
= equals
% per cent
32 three squared
53 five cubed
610 six to tenth power
(2/5 x 3/8) también se puede decir “multiply two over five by
three over eight”.
DECIMALES:
0.1 (zero) point one
0.25 (zero) point two five
1.758 one point seven five eight
NOTA: en inglés se utiliza la coma en lugar de utilizar el punto,
para marcar los decimales
2. INCH = PULGADA (in)
FOOT = PIE (ft)
YARD = YARDA (yd)
MILE = MILLA (mi)
CUP = TAZA (c)
PINT = ½ LITRO (pt)
QUART = LITRO (qt)
GALLON = GALON (gal)
Date: April 15, 1998. April fifteenth, nineteen ninety-eight