curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-talk-about-numbers-with-a-coworker/6847f8acfb1d6340c5f40fdf.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What does Alice say about the project's financial plan?
That the development phase is too expensive.
She doesn't say it's too expensive - just how much is allocated.
That most of the budget goes to marketing.
There's no mention of marketing at all.
That they have no budget plan yet.
She clearly mentions a specific budget allocation.
That 45% of the budget is planned for development.
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Alice says, 45% of our total budget has been allocated to the development phase. This kind of sentence is common in project management when giving financial status updates or discussing resource planning. Other examples:
As of today, 60% of our budget has been used. — By today, more than half of the money planned for the project has already been spent.
Only 10% of the timeline remains. — There is very little time left to finish the project — just 10% of the planned time is left.
Sentences like these help clearly communicate project status using numbers and percentages.
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