The English Oracle

Numbers and units

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Chapters
00:00 Numbers And Units
00:23 Accepted Answer Score 8
00:32 Answer 2 Score 6
00:53 Answer 3 Score 2
01:02 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 8


The word you want is quantity.




ANSWER 2

Score 6


You can often just use quantity. However, the term for a number which does not have a unit is dimensionless quantity, and the opposite term is dimensional quantity. So use dimensional quantity when it is important to make the distinction (and you don’t mind using a ten dollar word).¹




ANSWER 3

Score 2


If OP wants to sound a bit technical, he could call them metrics - a set of measurements that quantify results.