How many?
(1)
A: Hello.
B: Hi. How are you?
A: Fine, thanks. What do you like to do in your free time?
B: What do you mean? Do you mean what is my hobby?
A: Yes, that’s right.
B: I like to collect telephone cards.
A: Me, too! How many do you have?
B: I have 9,230 (nine thousand, two hundred and thirty).
A: Oh, that’s a lot, I guess.
B: How many do you have?
A: I have 23.
B: Oh.
(2)
A: Good morning.
B: Hello.
A: How many people are in you family?
B: There are 150,000 people. (one hundred and fifty thousand people)
A: Wow! You have a big family!
B: Sorry. I thought you said, “How many people are in your city?”
A: No, not you city, your family.
B: There are four people in my family: my father; my mother; my older sister; and, me.
A: I understand. Thank you.
B: You’re welcome.