Money Numbers

Vocabulary:  MONEY, DOLLAR, CENTS, "C-F", FORMAL, NATURAL

 1. Citation form / formal signs  (what's shown in texts)

         $1 - $9     $3.99     $16.95   $45  

         $225.66    $1500   $59,000  $333,000

2.  Natural / casual conversational signs

              **heavy use of number incorporation in signs (numbers less than 10 only!)
 

       $1 - 9   $1.10   $2.25  $4.50  $5.55

       $6.75   $7.80   $8.39  $9.99


NEW VOCABULARY:

COST
PRICE
CHEAP
EXPENSIVE
BILL
MONTHLY
PUYALLUP
ABOUT / THEREABOUTS
 

Practice Sentences 

1. My apt costs $495.00 monthly.

2. My grocery shopping bill was $25.95.

3. My roommate paid $9.50 for her telephone bill. Wow, cheap!

4. I paid $2.75 for a latte.

5. Do you have $6.00?

6. My girlfriend bought a small 2-bedroom house in Puyallup.  The house costed about
    $150,000.

7. Bill Gates paid $34,655,200.00 for his house.  Expensive!

8. I spent $80.00 for a pizza party yesterday afternoon.