The only way you could use 'thirty two' correctly for that number would be 'one and thirty two hundredths' which would be pretty unusual.
The first one is correct as others have said, but the second one is not ambiguous enough to confuse anyone nor weird enough for anyone to bat an eye at, you're fine with either.
One point three two, or one three two if it's obvious from context where the decimal point is. That's how you're meant to pronounce digits after the decimal point in general.
Decimals are usually spelt out a digit at a time. 3.14159 would be three point one four one five nine, not three point fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty nine. 37.32 would be thirty-seven point three two. If it's not a decimal but something like a version string then you could say v3.14 is version three point fourteen, and three point one four might be confused with 3.1.4 even though you didn't say the second point. IP addresses are a bit mixed; I'd say ten ten, but also one nine two dot one six eight.
that's how i'd say it in hungarian, except i'd drop the MB too. "egy negyvennégyes flopi"
"about a meg" because it's almost unthinkable anyone cares about 3 tenths of a meg much less 2 hundredths.
"about a meg" because it's almost unthinkable anyone cares about 3 tenths of a meg much less 2 hundredths.
Tell me you never used floppy discs as a storage medium without telling me.
I'd round up to one and a half. Also remove "bytes" and "bites". 1.32 MB is "one and a half megs" or even "a meg and a half"
I agree that the precision is not that valuable as some have said. I'd just read the numbers off as one point two three megabytes since anyone who cares can reconstruct the number, anyone who doesn't can stick to the first few sig figs.
For 257.62 GB I'd say "two hundred fifty seven point six two". Yep. I put in the effort for the most significant of the digits, I dont bother beyond that.
8249.19 GB? About 8 terabytes. Doesnt really matter anymore.
"One point three two", because otherwise the question is 'thirty two what'. Consider what happens if we put a zero on the end — does it become "one point three hundred and twenty" despite being exactly the same number?
A rounding error
I'd probably say "one point oh three two" for that one though
Depending on the necessary precision it could be "a meg and change" 😁
I'd say one point thirty-two. As others noted, much depends on geography.
Personally, I say the "actual" number up to 3 or 4 decimal places, with a lot of the reason depending on the specific context. If I had to asses, I'd say I say the "whole" number in over 50% of cases for 3 digits, and in about 10% for 4 digits. Anything over 4 decimal places and I fall back to individual digits.
One and thirty-two hundreths
