Title: Default for Exercise 11 – Expressing Numbers
Course: Applied English for Science and Technology

Q: In the exercise below, decide the appropriate way to express the number.

1. The Titanic was nearly 900 feet long, stood [...] stories high, and weighed an incredible 46 thousand tons.

2. The Charpy test is run by holding the coupon against a steel backing and striking the coupon with a 67-pound pendulum on a [...].

3. [...]

4. The maximum amperage for each of the two devices is [...].

5. In its day, the Titanic cost more than [...] to construct.

6. During that time the water temperature dropped [...].
A: 25; 2-foot arm; When the Titanic sank, 1522 people perished.; 3 A; $7.5 million; 0.6 K
Gap 1 offers: 25; twenty-five
Gap 2 offers: 2-foot arm; two-foot arm
Gap 3 offers: 1522 people perished when the Titanic sank.; When the Titanic sank, 1522 people perished.
Gap 4 offers: 3 A; three A
Gap 5 offers: $7.5 million; $7,500,000; seven and one-half million dollars
Gap 6 offers: .6 K; 0.6 K; zero point six degrees Kelvin