| A | B |
|---|
| in 2,020 we will move to 1,350 West Street | 2020, 1350 |
| 500 copies at $1.00 a copy | $1 |
| the contract states age 35 or over | correct (technical sense) |
| within 2 or 3 weeks | two, three (periods of time are treated as other general numbers) |
| 1/2 the time | half or one half (not a compound adjective so no hyphen) |
| 12 representatives are eligible. | Twelve (begins a sentence) |
| 110,000 people attended the meeting. | A total of 110,000 (figures cannot begin a sentence) |
| Six hundred seventy-five new accounts were opened. | A total of 675 |
| the building at 1 Oak Street | One (building numbers except one are always figures) |
| One Main Street | correct (one is the only building number spelled out) |
| 2 First Avenue | correct (one is the only building number spelled out) |
| four percent of the students | 4 percent |
| a total of 15% | 15 percent |
| 3 grams | correct (weights/measurements are always figures) |
| 1650 16 Avenue | 16th (street numbers above ten are written as figures in ordinal form) |
| 1105 East 28th Street | correct (street numbers above ten are written as figures in ordinal form) |
| 9455 West 13 Street | 13th (street numbers above ten are written as figures in ordinal form) |
| 636 9th Avenue | Ninth (street numbers ten or below are written out in ordinal form) |
| 6th of June | correct (date precedes month) |
| June 7th | 7 (after the month) |
| by the tenth of May | 10th (before the month) |
| before the 31st | correct (day stands alone) |
| only $.13 | 13 cents |
| costs $1500 | $1,500 |
| three p.m. | 3 |
| 2:00 a.m. | 2 |
| 1:30, 2:45, and 3:00 a.m. | 3 |
| $1.00, $.50, $2.75 | $1 |
| 25 cents, $82.35, $20.00 | $.25, $20 |
| 200 5-pound boxes | two hundred |
| 150 3-ring binders | correct (150 cannot be expressed in two words so leave as a number) |
| $1,200,000,000 budget | $1.2 billion |
| $2,500,000 shortfall | $2.5 million |
| ten million dollars | $10 million |
| Is it May 20th or May 21st? | 20, 21 |
| We have 15 terminals in Denver, eight in Chicago, six in New York, and nine in Seattle. | 8, 6, 9 (items in a series are related) |
| 6 or 7 operators have applied. | Six or seven |
| about $.12 or $.13 per pound | 12 or 13 cents |
| 6 offices in Germany, 12 in France, and 3 in Spain | correct (highest number in series is a figure so all are) |
| four drivers, 14 chaperones, and three cheerleaders | 4, 3 |
| Michael, twelve, and Sarah, twenty | 12, 20 |
| exactly two years and seven months | 2 years 7 months (no comma separates them) |
| Jack, 21 | correct (ages that follow names are in figures) |
| 15 years (period of time, not age) | correct (periods of time are treated as any other general number) |
| 10 cents, $4.75, and $50.00 | $.10, $50 |
| 260 questionnaires were answered. | A total of 260 |
| Twenty-four people responded. | correct (number can be expressed in no more than two words) |
| 4 copies for 12 people | four (not related) |
| 5 employees affected 12 managers | five (not related) |
| five of 10 students and 3 of 11 teachers | ten |
| about 300 people | correct (could also be expressed in words) |
| over fifty people | correct (could also be expressed in figures) |
| of 130 items, only 2 | correct (related numbers conform to highest number) |
| 24 boxes, 2 trays, and 3 reams | correct (items in series are related and conform to highest number) |
| 970,000 umbrellas | correct (above ten) |
| four vice presidents provided 15 copies | correct (not related) |
| 14 tables seated 8 people | eight (not related) |
| 22 dishwashers, 17 microwaves, and 8 mixers for 3 stores | three (not related to the series) |
| new ones contain 12 bottles in 4 cartons whereas old ones contained 6 cartons with 8 bottles each | four, six (cartons are related; boxes are related) |
| 17750 | 17,750 (add commas for numbers over three digits) |
| 4782 | 4,782 (add commas for numbers over three digits) |
| Serial No. 1,4896 | 14896 (no commas in numbers used with words or abbreviations) |
| page 1032 | correct (no commas for page numbers over three digits) |
| .7534 | 0.7534 (no commas for decimals but a zero is needed since the decimal does not begin with a zero) |
| By 2020, 52 homes | correct (for clarity separate two independent figures that appear consecutively) |
| Of the seventy-two 325 are needed. | 72, (comma needed for clarity to separate from next number) |
| 12 48-inch glasses | twelve (first word can be expressed in fewer than two words) |
| thirty-six 5-bedroom houses | correct (first number can be expressed in no more than two words) |
| 12 six-pack cartons | twelve 6-pack |
| 70 50-watt bulbs | seventy 50-watt |
| one hundred fifty sixty-nine cent stamps | 150 69-cent (first number cannot be expressed in one or two words; hyphen needed for compound adjective) |
| plane departs at 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 10 a.m. | 2 p.m. |
| .002 inches | correct (no zero needed before decimal since number starts with zero) |
| .4% | 0.4 percent |
| 0.05 percent raise | .05 (zero not needed before decimal since decimal begins with a zero) |
| three inch screws | 3-inch (measurements are written as figures; hyphen needed since a compound adjective) |
| 10 inch circles | 10-inch (measurements are written as figures; hyphen needed since a compound adjective) |
| He is twenty one. | twenty-one (hyphen needed for twenty-one through ninety-nine; age can be expressed in fewer than two words) |
| page two | 2 |
| Paragraph 10 | paragraph (page, paragraph, line, size, verse, and vitamin references with numbers are not capitalized) |
| line 2 | correct (line references are not capitalized, but numbers always follow nouns with numbers) |
| Model Three | 3 (numbers with nouns are written in figure form) |
| send by first of month | 1st (stands alone) |
| 27 November, 2020 | 27 November 2020 (no comma in military/international format) |
| ten o'clock in the morning | correct or 10 (word or figure form may be used with o'clock) |
| 3 o'clock in the afternoon | correct or three (word or figure form may be used with o'clock) |
| during the last sixteen months | 16 (periods of time are treated as any other general number) |
| thirty-two years (period of time, not age) | 32 (periods of time are treated as any other general number) |
| one hundred seventeen days | 117 (periods of time are treated as any other general number) |
| This loan is for 90 days. | correct (periods of time used in a technical sense always follow figure form) |
| We give a 2 percent discount if paid within 10 days. | correct (periods of time used in a technical sense always follow figure form) |
| David will be 27 on August 9th. | twenty-seven, 9 (after month) |
| John will be 3 years old. | three (age can be expressed in no more than two words) |
| 55th birthday | fifty-fifth (ordinal can be expressed in no more than two words) |
| twenty-fifth anniversary | correct (ages and anniversaries that can be expressed in no more than two words are spelled out) |
| one hundred fiftieth anniversary | 150th |
| Ms. Soderstrom, forty-seven, | 47 (appears directly after a name) |
| The official handbook states you may retire at sixty-five. | 65 (technical or legal sense uses figures) |
| The legal voting age is 18. | correct (technical or legal sense uses figures) |
| He was 35 years 5 months and 28 days old. | correct (exact age uses figures) |
| 5th Avenue | Fifth (street names ten or below are spelled out in ordinal form) |
| 1111 23rd Street | correct (street numbers above ten are written as figures in ordinal form) |
| Rural Route Two | 2 |
| 608 822-3262 | 608-822-3262 (hyphen used after area code without parentheses) |
| (608)-885-3322 | (608) 885-3322 (no hyphen after parentheses) |
| (213) 347-0551 ext. 244 | -0051, Ext. (comma needed to separate number from extension; Ext. is capitalized because it's a numbered item) |
| 3/4 of the quota | three fourths |
| one third of our agents | correct (simple fractions that can be expressed in no more than two words are spelled out) |
| 1/4 of the stadium | one fourth (no hyphen because no compound adjective is formed) |
| two-thirds majority vote | correct (simple fractions that can be expressed in no more than two words are spelled out; hyphen is needed since it forms a compound adjective describing the noun "vote") |
| 21/200 | correct (complex fractions are in figures) |
| 3 and one-half miles | 3 1/2 |
| five-eighths diameter (technical sense) | 5/8 (figures are used for technical use) |
| seven 2/3 tons | 7 2/3 (space between whole number and fraction) |
| 31 one-half | 31 1/2 (space between whole number and fraction) |
| Thirty-fourth Congressional District | correct (ordinals that can be expressed in no more than two words are spelled out) |
| 18th-century practices | eighteenth-century (ordinals that can be expressed in no more than two words are spelled out) |
| 820 West 3rd Avenue | Third (street numbers ten or below are written out in ordinal form) |
| corner of Main and 42 Streets | 42nd (above ten use the th, st, d, etc., ordinal endings) |
| ranked 3rd in the nation | third (ordinal can be expressed in no more than two words) |
