You need to increase this number by a few numbers

[tufguy]

We can say "You need to increase a particular number by one or two and so on". Am I correct?

We can say "Increase seven by one and you will get eight" however if we are not sure about the number a digit needs to be increased by then can we say "You may need to increase this number by a few numbers"?

 

[Rollercoaster1]

We can say "You need to increase a particular number by one or two and so on". Am I correct?

We can say "Increase seven by one and you will get eight" however if we are not sure about the number a digit needs to be increased by then can we say "You may need to increase this number by a few numbers"?

I'd say 'Add 1 to 7 and you will get 8'.

 

[tufguy]

It's not very natural


Once again, this is not very natural.

Okay, so I simply need to say "Add a few numbers to a particular number". Am I correct?

 

[tedmc]

Okay, so I simply need to say "Add a few numbers to a particular number". Am I correct?

Why would you need to add more than one number to increase the number?
What is the idea of saying these? It seems rather frivolous.

 

[tufguy]

Why would you need to add more than one number to increase the number?
What is the idea of saying these? It seems rather frivolous.

Generaly we usually talk about these kinds of things. It is a very common situation. Like "Just add 2 to your roll number and you will get my roll number".

 

[tedmc]

Generally we [STRIKE]usually[/STRIKE] talk about these kinds of things. It is a very common situation. Like "Just add 2 to your roll number and you will get my roll number".

A roll number is an identification number. Why would you want to compare or add any number to it? If you need to, you could say: Your roll number is lower than mine by 2.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

We can say "You need to increase a particular number by one or two and so on". Am I correct?

That would sound very odd. Why "a particular number"?

We can say "Increase seven by one and you will get eight".

We could. But we'd probably say something like, "Seven and one is eight" or "Seven plus one makes eight."

However if we are not sure about the number a digit needs to be increased by, then can we say "You may need to increase this number a little"?

Avoid wordiness.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Okay, so I simply need to say "Add a few numbers to a particular number". Am I correct?

It's unnatural.

We wouldn't say "Add a few numbers." Why a few? Why not just one number?

Or do you mean something like "Increase this number" or "Make this number bigger"?

You're not giving us any context, so I can't tell what you're trying to say.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

Why would you need to add more than one number to increase the number?
What is the idea of saying these? It seems rather frivolous.

I would only say 'Add x number to x number and you will get x (total number after the addition), especially when teaching kids basic mathematics.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I would only say 'Add x [STRIKE]number[/STRIKE] to x [STRIKE]number[/STRIKE] and you will get x (total number after the addition), especially when teaching kids basic mathematics.

Using the word number that way is not natural.

 

[emsr2d2]

We can say "Increase seven by one and you will get eight". However, if we are not sure about the number a digit needs to be increased by, [STRIKE]then[/STRIKE] can we say "You may need to increase this number by a few numbers"?

Note my corrections to punctuation/capitalisation.

I'd say 'Add [STRIKE]1[/STRIKE] one to [STRIKE]7[/STRIKE] seven and you will get [STRIKE]8[/STRIKE] eight'.

We write numbers up to twenty in words, not digits.

Generally, we usually talk about these kinds of things. It is a very common situation. Like "Just add 2 to your roll number and you will get my roll number".

Note the correct spelling of "generally". Also note, though, that using "Generally" and "usually" in the same sentence is tautologous. I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't "usually talk about these kinds of things", nor is it a "very common situation".

I would only say 'Add x [STRIKE]number[/STRIKE] to x [STRIKE]number[/STRIKE] and you will get x (total number after the addition)', especially when teaching kids basic mathematics.

Note the corrections above.

 

[Rollercoaster1]

Note my corrections to punctuation/capitalisation.



We write numbers up to twenty in words, not digits.



Note the correct spelling of "generally". Also note, though, that using "Generally" and "usually" in the same sentence is tautologous. I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't "usually talk about these kinds of things", nor is it a "very common situation".



Note the corrections above.

Would one write numbers in words when teaching kids basic mathematics?

 

[GoesStation]

Would one write numbers in words when teaching kids basic mathematics?

No.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Would one write numbers in words when teaching kids basic mathematics?

In narrative writing, it's usually good to spell out one-word numbers: zero, six, forty, a half, a thousand.

And sentences always start with capital letters. So spell out any number that's the first word of a sentence: Nineteen eighty-four was a long time ago.

(Or: The year 1984 was a long time ago.)

 

[emsr2d2]

Would one write numbers in words when teaching kids basic mathematics?

No, but we don't teach kids basic maths using full written sentences.

We write (as a sum for kids): 2 + 4 =
We say: Two plus four equals ...
We write (as a quote of what we say): "Two plus four equals ..."