How do you drop the last part of a number which is of less importance?

Question

Suppose you want to say a number to someone and you do not want to read out the number completely because the last part of the number is not important (at least to your audience). For example, you want to mention that you waited ***one hour and something*** and ***something*** could be anything between one minute and 59 minutes. Of course, if it is one hour and 50 minutes then you may say *I waited around two hours*. This is not what I am looking for. I want my audience to know that it is more than one hour but less than two hours and it does not matter how much it is (or maybe you intentionally don't want to give extra information). In some situations, you might want to say a number (which is not a time) in a similar manner. For example, consider the following numbers: > **1.234** (*you don't want to mention **0.234***) > **2115** (*you don't want to mention **115***) > **1,345,000** (*you don't want to mention **345,000***) What is (are) the common word/expression(s) to use in such situations?

Answer 1

You can say:

”over an hour”

”over two thousand”

”more than a kilo”

With this usage, it is understood that “more than a kilo” means anywhere up to 1.99999, but never 2.0kg.

You can further clarify it with a little:

”a little over an hour”

”a little over eighty”

”a little over a gram”

It can be a useful distinction in some contexts.