1.70 (one Point Seventy) Meters Tall Or 1.7 (one Point Seven) Meters Tall

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• Start date Start date Feb 6, 2020

sb70012

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Born in Iran living in China Persian Hello, If my height is 170 centimeters, then I should say I am 1.70 (one point seventy) meters tall or 1.7 (one point seven) meters tall? Thank you.

heypresto

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South East England English - England I don't use metres in describing people's heights, but if I really had to I would say "One metre seventy."

entangledbank

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London English - South-East England We don't use 'seventy' after 'point', we spell out the digits: 1.70 is one point seven zero or one point seven nought. Scientifically there is a difference in precision between 1.7 and 1.70, but that's not relevant to this question. (1.7 is to the nearest 0.1, whereas 1.70 is to the nearest 0.01.)

sb70012

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Born in Iran living in China Persian I have a Chinese English textbook for primary school students. In this book I see there is the sentence in front of a teddy bear => "I'm 1.6 meters tall." Does it mean 160 centimeters or 106 centimeters?

heypresto

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South East England English - England 1.6 metres = 160 centimetres. 1.06 metres = 106 centimetres.

sb70012

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Born in Iran living in China Persian 1.06 metres = 106 centimetres. How should I read this? one point zero/oh six meters?

heypresto

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South East England English - England Yes. In BE, I think we are more likely to say 'oh' than 'zero' I would say 'nearly/about three foot six'.

Uncle Jack

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Cumbria, UK British English When speaking of heights, the "one metre six" (or possibly "one metre oh six") or "one metre sixty" form sounds far more natural to me than saying "one point oh six metres" or "one point six metres". Note that how we say it is generally unaffected by how we write it, and both "one metre six" and "one point oh six metres" would be written "1.06 m". In a different context, we might prefer the "one point oh six metre" form, but it depends on the situation. Some people always use "zero" where I use "oh", but "oh" is easily more common in ordinary (rather than scientific, mathematical or military) British English.

JulianStuart

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entangledbank said: We don't use 'seventy' after 'point', we spell out the digits: 1.70 is one point seven zero or one point seven nought. Click to expand...

just for completeness, one point seventy is quite a common way to say this in the US.

sb70012

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Born in Iran living in China Persian

JulianStuart said: just for completeness, one point seventy is quite a common way to say this in the US. Click to expand...

Is it OK if I add "meters" at the end in the US? I mean "one point seventy meters" (1.70) You must log in or register to reply here. Share: Bluesky LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Share Link

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