Phone numbers & prices

Two places numbers attack you daily: phone numbers, read digit by digit — and prices. Ask Wie viel kostet das? (How much is that?) and hear answers like:

• 2,80 € → zwei Euro achtzig
• 1,50 € → ein Euro fünfzig
• 0,50 € → fünfzig Cent

The written price uses a comma; the usual short spoken form puts Euro in the middle and drops the word Cent. (The long form zwei Euro achtzig Cent is correct too.)

On the phone, some people read their number in pairs instead: 23 58 = dreiundzwanzig, achtundfünfzig.