Les chiffres refer mainly to digits or individual numbers - of which there are only 0 thru 9. However, in business "chiffres" can be used for accounting terms, for example:
Le chiffre d'affaires, which means the revenu or turnover of a business.
Un numéro serves to identify, to distinguish one element among others. If I say of an athlete has a uniform number 4 it implies that others on the team have other numbers. When we want to know someone's telephone number or a train number we ask:
Les nombres represent a value, a quantity. The number 1853 (mille huit cent cinquante-trois) is written with four digits. Numbers are also what we count, classify objects, etc. For example:
Le chiffre d'affaires, which means the revenu or turnover of a business.
Un numéro serves to identify, to distinguish one element among others. If I say of an athlete has a uniform number 4 it implies that others on the team have other numbers. When we want to know someone's telephone number or a train number we ask:
- Quel est ton numéro de téléphone?
- Quel est le numéro du train ?
Les nombres represent a value, a quantity. The number 1853 (mille huit cent cinquante-trois) is written with four digits. Numbers are also what we count, classify objects, etc. For example:
- Un nombre de trois chiffres.
- Apprendre la suite des nombres.
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