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Symbol of the Day: ℃ / ℉
Many students have trouble reading these symbols, and some get them wrong because they forget to pronounce the plural’ s’ on degrees.
The symbol ℃ is read as degrees Celsius.
Please see the examples below.
0℃ is read as zero degrees Celsius.
1℃ is read as one degree Celsius.
38℃ is read as thirty-eight degrees Celsius.
The Americans don’t use Celsius.
They use Fahrenheit.
The symbol ℉ is read as degrees Fahrenheit.
Please read the examples below.
0℉ is read as zero degrees Fahrenheit.
1℉ is read as one degree Fahrenheit.
38℉ is read as thirty-eight degrees Fahrenheit.
Don’t forget to pronounce your plural ‘s,’ and you should be fine!
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 79.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.
