numbers

Question 1

Which expressions mean about?

Answer 1

à peu près

vers

environ

à peu près quinze (about fifteen)
vers dix heures(about ten o’clock)

Question 2

Translate from English to French :-

about a dozen

Answer 2

une douzaine

Question 3

Translate from English to French :-

about a 100

Answer 3

des centaines de

Question 4

Translate from English to French :-

a quarter

Answer 4

un quart

Question 5

Translate from English to French :-

a third

Answer 5

un tiers

Question 6

Translate from English to French :-

three quarters

Answer 6

trois quarts

Question 7

Translate from English to French :-

half (adjective)

Answer 7

demi

Question 8

Translate from English to French :-

half (noun)

Answer 8

la moitié

Question 9

Translate from English to French :-

how are other fractions formed?

Answer 9

add -ième, as with ordinals

trois cinquièmes (three fifths)

Question 10

There are two ways of expressing length, breadth and height, what are they?

Answer 10

1. avoir + dimension + de + masc form of the noun
   
   • La pièce a cinq mètres de long
2. être + adjective (agrees) + de + dimension

• La pièce est longue de cinq mètres