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Talking about money and prices is an important part of everyday language. Here we can learn how to talk about money and prices.
What Do We Mean by Money and Price?
Money is a type of currency that is used to buy goods and services. Price is the amount of money that is needed to buy goods or services.
How to Ask About Money and Prices
To ask about money, questions like: 'how much is this/that' or 'how much are these/those…?' can be used. These questions can be answered using 'it’s/they’re….'. For example:
How to Read Prices
Different structures can be used to read the price of an item. These are the most common ways:
$4.60 → four-sixty
You can just say the numbers.
$4.60 → four dollars sixty
You can say the number + dollars and the number after the decimal point.
$4.60 → four dollars and sixty cents
You can say the number + dollars + 'and' + decimal number + cents.
Tip!
When a price is an exact number, it can be read as the number + dollars/pounds/euros/etc..
$200 → two hundred dollars
$80 → eighty dollars
Tip!
The dollar sign ($) goes before the number and there is no space between the dollar sign and the number.
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