Worksheets- Japan by numbers pairwork game- Numbers practice (Technical English/ Financial English)
Japan by numbers- Numbers practice (Technical English/ Financial English)
Student A
Two thirds- Fraction of women in Japan who have been groped on a train.
—————- the average time it takes to drive over the bridge to Kansai international airport. The journey costs 1700 yen (about 8 pounds)
8%- the amount of park space Tokyo has compared to London
—————- - the length of the longest tapeworm in Meguro Parasitological museum in Tokyo.
42.8 servings a year- the number of servings an average ramen noodles eater eats
—————- the percentage of the Japanese coastline which is covered in concrete
60- The number of exits from Shinjuku station
—————- the percentage of major rivers in Japan which are dammed and/ or diverted from their original course
243- The number of different vendors in the food hall of the Tobu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo’s largest department store
—————- The number of different types of fish delivered to Tsukiji wholesale fish market in Tokyo everyday
532- the number of MacDonald’s restaurants in Tokyo.
—————- - The distance from the centre of Tokyo to Tokyo’s city limits on the island of Okinotori, also the southernmost point in Japan.
2,300 tonnes- The weight of fish delivered to the Tsukiji wholesale fish market in Tokyo everyday.
—————- the number of ramen noodle restaurants in Greater Tokyo
80,000- The number of restaurants in Tokyo (there are 15000 in New York and 6000 in London)
—————- the number of people killed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, centred around Yokohama and Tokyo, at a time when the population was much smaller.
250,000 The number of people who cross Shibuya pedestrian crossing in central Tokyo every Saturday.
—————- the number of homes destroyed in the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
3, 200,0000- The number of people who pass through Shinjuku station in Eastern Tokyo everyday. This is more than the total population of Panama.
—————- - The cost of each kilometre of the 15km Tokyo Wan Aqualine bridge/ tunnel linking Kanagawa and Chiba west and east of Tokyo
1,400,000,000,000 yen- The total cost of Tokyo’s Oedo circular underground line, the most expensive underground railway line ever built.
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Japan by numbers- Numbers practice (Technical English/ Financial English)
Student B
—————- Fraction of women in Japan who have been groped on a train.
3 minutes- The average time it takes to drive over the bridge to Kansai international airport. The journey costs 1700 yen (about 8 pounds)
—————- the amount of park space Tokyo has compared to London
8.8 meters- the length of the longest tapeworm in Meguro Parasitological museum in Tokyo.
—————- the number of servings an average ramen noodles eater eats
55%- the percentage of the Japanese coastline which is covered in concrete
—————- The number of exits from Shinjuku station
97%- the percentage of major rivers in Japan which are dammed and/ or diverted from their original course
—————- The number of different vendors in the food hall of the Tobu department store in Ikebukuro, Tokyo’s largest department store
400- The number of different types of fish delivered to Tsukiji wholesale fish market in Tokyo everyday
—————- the number of MacDonald’s restaurants in Tokyo.
1,740 km- The distance from the centre of Tokyo to Tokyo’s city limits on the island of Okinotori, also the southernmost point in Japan.
—————- The weight of fish delivered to the Tsukiji wholesale fish market in Tokyo everyday.
21,000- the number of ramen noodle restaurants in Greater Tokyo
—————- The number of restaurants in Tokyo (there are 15000 in New York and 6000 in London)
140,000- the number of people killed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, centred around Yokohama and Tokyo, at a time when the population was much smaller.
—————- The number of people who cross Shibuya pedestrian crossing in central Tokyo every Saturday.
500,000- the number of homes destroyed in the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
—————- The number of people who pass through Shinjuku station in Eastern Shinjuku everyday. This is more than the total population of Panama.
100,000,000,000 yen- The cost of each kilometre of the 15km Tokyo Wan Aqualine bridge/ tunnel linking Kanagawa and Chiba west and east of Tokyo
—————- - The total cost of Tokyo’s Oedo circular underground line, the most expensive underground railway line ever built.
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Japan by numbers- Numbers practice (Technical English/ Financial English)
Instructions
Students take turns reading out one of the numbers on their sheets and guessing which of their gaps it comes from. In a higher level class, you can have them making the questions (e.g. What was the total cost of…?) instead of just reading out their sentences.