Fractions, Percetage, and Decimals

[DrWatson]

I did a search and I didn't come up with anything so here it goes. Some posts mentioned the use of the classical "zhi" (sorry, not in front of a computer with Chinese input), is it always used?

How does one pronounce the following in Mandarin?

20%

2/3

1.3

[gougou]

百分之二十 (also 二十个百分点)

三分之二

一点三

[monto]

20% —— 百分之二十

2/3 —— 三分之二

1.3 —— 一点三

[muyongshi]

Of course there is another way for saying the 10% 20% 30% type of things

一成， 两成，三成 and so forth

[skylee]

And if you want to say 10% off or 20% off, you should say 九折, 八折, etc

[muyongshi]

And for decimals you say 点... 3.5 三点五....

[DrWatson]

Thank you very much!

[Lu]

And then you have a few people who can't be bothered to go back for the 百分之 and just say '二十percent'.

[LaVandez]

So how do you do mathematical terms like

3.5 x 2.65 = 9.275

三点五 x 二点六十五= 九点二百七十五 (is that correct?)

for "x (times)" do you say 倍 （bei) but still use the "x"? I figure as much but what do you say for the equals part of the equation because they're so many terms that you can use?

Also, how do you express?

9.275 x (1.08)^(1/8)

As a former finance student I could never figure out how to do powers.

[skylee]

3.5 x 2.65 = 9.275

三点五 x 二点六十五= 九点二百七十五 (is that correct?)

No. When you say it' date=' It is 三點五乘（以）二點六五等於九點二七五. Note that we don't use 百, 十 etc after the decimal point. When you write it, it is ok to simply write the formula.

As a former finance student I could never figure out how to do powers.

I supposed this is why there are smilies in a formula.

[imron]

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