Numbers C – answers

1 He wrote off for hundreds of jobs.
2 We’ve ordered 3 dozen bottles of champagne for the wedding.
3 Millions of homes have been abandoned by people no longer able to keep up their mortgage payments.
4 Six thousand, one hundred and thirty-one
5 We import 80 million tons of coal annually.
6 Don’t give her any more candles – she’s already got dozens.
7 In a typical year he used to drive over 12 thousand miles.
8 He’s asked to borrow a few hundred pounds.
9 I’ve ordered 4 dozen glasses and 3 dozen plates.
10 Thousands of refugees have left the country.
11 10 thousand viewers wrote in to complain about the programme.
12 A population of two hundred and eighty million.