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Figures, percentages and units

Numbers, percentages and quantities in formal Dutch.

  1. Turnover rose by 12 per cent last year.
  2. The average household spends 2.50 euros a week on coffee.
  3. The report covers three quarters of the market.
  4. About 40 per cent of the applicants were rejected.
  5. The project cost 2.3 million euros.
  6. Ten thousand signatures were collected in a single week.
  7. Two thirds of the respondents chose the bicycle.
  8. The fee amounts to 45 euros per person per night.
  9. Growth slowed down to 0.4 per cent in the second quarter.
  10. Six out of ten respondents voted in favour.
  11. The new wing measures 2,400 square metres.
  12. Temperatures rose by eight degrees in one week.