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0.030 litres #1 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 16:22 pm   0.030 litres
 

Hello everyone;

How do you read " 0.030 litres"?
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0.030 litres #2 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 16:35 pm   0.030 litres
 

I would read that:
Nought point oh three litres.
The final 'oh' is not needed.
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0.030 litres #3 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 19:36 pm   0.030 litres
 

Conventionally, the final zero would be included to show that the number is quoted to three decimal places of accuracy.
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0.030 litres #4 (permalink) Sun Nov 20, 2011 20:06 pm   0.030 litres
 

... such a distinction is not usually needed when speaking though.
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0.030 litres #5 (permalink) Tue Nov 22, 2011 17:47 pm   0.030 litres
 

Beeesneees wrote:
I would read that:
Nought point oh three litres.
The final 'oh' is not needed.

I have understood nothing this time.
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