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How do you cite amounts of money in Russian?
44 целых–9 десятков?
First of all, this is called "десятые" (доли), not "десятки". Thus, the phrase "сорок четыре целых девять десятых" is correct, although rather ...
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Is the construction "любые шестьдесят один шарик" grammatically correct?
I would say that the phrase indeed sounds rather clumsy. However, this is mathematics. In mathematics, precision and unambiguity are preferred over grammatical correctness and fluency. In any language,...
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How to keep on track with large numerals
If I may be so bold, I'd like to suggest another solution — sorry if it's inappropriate.
Don't decline the numerals.
If you preface the numerical phrase with a generalizing word such as сумма, долг, ...
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How to keep on track with large numerals
Perhaps if you keep this tool bookmarked, the pauses won't be as painful?
https://morpher.ru/SummaPro.aspx
Otherwise, practice makes perfect, as they say.
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