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[Katie Wasserman]

(01-19-2015 10:24 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  Yes, in America at least, the word "and" is reserved for the decimal point. In other words, 4278.16 would be "four thousand two hundred seventy eight AND 16 hundredths." That's what we teach the kids.

Perhaps, but it's not how most adults say it, at least in my experience. I think that "four thousand two hundred seventy eight POINT sixteen" or "four thousand two hundred seventy eight SPOT sixteen" or "four thousand two hundred seventy eight POINT (or SPOT or even DECIMAL) one six" is more much common. "SPOT" is very common among wall street-type people, not so much so with non-financial people.