"One point three two", because otherwise the question is 'thirty two what'. Consider what happens if we put a zero on the end β does it become "one point three hundred and twenty" despite being exactly the same number?
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just one-three-two, the point is implied
I mostly heard it one point thirty two? Grew up in Sweden, living in France. If someone says one point three two I'd assume they're Americans.
I might be totally wrong, just stating what I have heard
No that's interesting, I was wondering if there was a cultural divide.
Thirty two sounds so alien to me, but I heard it in a Nerdstalgic video and wondered if it was an American thing
Definitely, in frech itd be un point trente-deux mΓ©gaoctets or 1.32mo
edit: forgot not everyone speaks french, the french version is one point thirty-two
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Not quite one and a half megabytes. Otherwise, one point three two.
Clearly it's one point three-twenty em-bee.
Only time I can think of where the 32 of 1.32 could be said as thirty-two would be as a software version number
Usually the first unless youβre on radio then itβs preferred to read out numbers as each digit. βOne decimal three twoβ
Its pronounced 'About four thirds megabytes.'
One point three two megs
One point three two emm bee π
One and thirty-two hundreths
I grew up with science classes telling us always state the digits individually. One point three two.
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Either way but usually the former
Is that either way or either way?
The second you heathen.
Either way
One point three two. To me, thirty two is an integer.
The only way you could use 'thirty two' correctly for that number would be 'one and thirty two hundredths' which would be pretty unusual.
Agree. For things like semantic versioning, in which "1.20.1" and "1.2.1" are two different things, you want to pronounce them "one point twenty point one" and "one point two point one", respectively. But that is a bit of an outlier. File size should be pronounced "normally", because "1.20" and "1.2" are the same value.
I disagree. I would personally find one point two zero point one to be more natural and easier to understand.
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Usually one point three two
The former.