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Useful Hints for Dealing with Numbers - Answer Key |
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Type of Number
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Number of Digits
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Format
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Mobile telephone numbers
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Difficult to say, probably
between 8 to 10
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Will be prefixed by '0'
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Land telephone numbers
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Again difficult to say, between
4 and 10
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Normally prefixed by a '0'
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Telephone numbers abroad
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Will have more digits than
a number in-country
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Prefixed by '001' and the country code, normally 2 digits
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A postcode in Australia
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Between four to five digits
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Together
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A postcode in the UK
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Digits and letters, normally
3 or 4 digits & 3 or 4 letters
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Seperated into 2 parts: letter(s) + digit(s) and letter(s) + digit(s)
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Short-term dates
(a few days or weeks)
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Between 2 & 4
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Normal UK or Aus format: date+month (not the US version of month+date)- might also have a day-name included
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Long-term dates
(months or years)
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Between 3 & 6
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Normal UK or Aus format: date+month+year
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Duration of time
(eg: how long a
journey takes)
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Depends on what kind of
journey (long/short & type
of transport
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Normally will be a few hours, or possible weeks or even months for journeys by sea
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A person’s age
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One or two. Possibly 3,
but not likely
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Together
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