What do you get as the result, and the remainder, if you divide eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven by three?

(In reply to re(2): the solution posted is WRONG!!!! by luvya)

I think this may depend on whether you're using proper English (ie English English) or American English. In proper English it is perfectly correct to express the number as Levik has done. Regarding the decimal point the word 'point' is the norm and digits to the right of the decimal point are written individually rather than in combination.

For example:
111.11 is written 'one hundred and eleven point one one'

The use of 'and' varies in other languages. For example:
In German, 25 is written 'funf und zwanzig', which literally translates as 'five and twenty'.
In French, 21 is written 'vingt et un' (twenty and one), but 22 is written 'vingt deux' (twenty two).

Out of curiosity, is it normal in American English to write numbers after the decimal point in combination? By which I mean would 'one and eleven' represent 1.11, or is 'one and one one' more typical?

In proper English pi to 4dp is written 'three point one four one six', how do you express it in American English?
three and one thousand four hundred sixteen ???
three and fourteen sixteen ???
three and one four one six ???

Posted by fwaff on 2003-03-27 23:20:53