+ plus Addition / Plus Minus / Take away — minus Add these numbers Take five from eight X multiply / times 3+4=7 8–5=3 ÷ divide Three plus four equals seven Eight minus five equals three = equals Three and four is seven Eight take away five is three Multiplication Division X cross Multiply these numbers Divide twelve by four & and 3x2=6 12 ÷ = point Three multiplied by two equals six Twelve divided by four equals three Three times two is six Three twos are six Four into twelve goes three  tick ̊degree % per cent What is the temperature? 24 ̊ It’s twenty four degrees -5 ̊ It’s minus five degrees It’s five below zero 100 ̊C Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius ̊ His temperature is almost forty Water freezes at zero degrees Was I bought this jacket at a sale There was a fifty per cent discount so I got it for half price $110 Now 36.8 ̊ to 37 ̊C Normal human body temperature is thirty six point eight to thirty seven degrees $55 It cost me fifty five dollars The original price was one hundred and ten dollars 1/2 - a half 1/2 kg 1/3 - a third 1/2 cup I need half a cup of water 2/3 - two thirds 1/3 cup 1/4 - a quarter 1/4 tsp salt a quarter of a teaspoon of salt 1/5 - a fifth tsp sugar two teaspoons of sugar 1/8 - an eighth tbsp flour three tablespoons of flour I bought half a kilogram of prawns This recipe needs a third of a cup of water cube cubed Cube cubic Cubed Steak ½ m3 I bought a kilo and a half of bananas The raised garden needed one and a half cubic metres of soil I bought one and a half kilos of apples Write the numbers in words: The doctor took the child’s temperature It was _ (39.8 ̊) It was cold this morning The temperature was (-4 ̊) The forecast maximum temperature for London tomorrow is ( 19 ̊C ) _ of the Australian population is of Aboriginal descent (2 ½ %) She used _of fruit in that pie (1 ½ kg) I’ll have to eat less I’ve put on _ since Christmas (1 k) This recipe uses _ of milk (3/4 cup) There was a discount on everything in the store ( 25%) A truck delivered over of topsoil for the garden next door (3 m ) dot the i's and cross the t's give 110% Make the maximum possible effort This is a very important game The only way we'll win is if every one of you gives 110% when we play To take care of every detail, even minor ones; To be meticulous or thorough He is very careful about details when he manages a project He always dots the i’s and crosses the t’s to mind one's p's and q's To be very careful to behave correctly When we go to visit, remember to mind your p's and q's, children Don't be impolite 15 minutes of fame (only in this plural form) A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten Answer Key Write the numbers in words: The doctor took the child’s temperature It was thirty nine point eight (39.8 ̊) It was cold this morning The temperature was minus four degrees ( -4 ̊) The forecast maximum temperature for London tomorrow is nineteen degrees Celsius ( 19 ̊C ) The word degrees is understood when we speak about temperature and is only added for clarification Celsius is added when talking about other countries so there is no confusion with degrees Fahrenheit ( 79 ̊F) Two and a half per cent of the Australian population is of Aboriginal descent (2 ½ %) She used a kilo and a half of fruit in that pie (1 ½ kg) (or one and a half kilos) I’ll have to eat less I’ve put on a kilo since Christmas (1 k) This recipe uses three quarters of a cup of milk (3/4 cup) There was a twenty five percent discount on everything in the store ( 25%) % Per cent or percent A truck delivered over three cubic metres of topsoil for the garden next door (3 m )