22
Numbers
As a general rule, use numbers according to the rules of your field of study. Be sure to represent numbers as numerals or as words consistently.
22a Spell out numbers that begin sentences
22b Spell out numbers that can be written in one or two words
twenty-six checks | two hundred women |
sixty students | one thousand pretzels |
Use numerals for numbers that cannot be spelled out in one or two words.
Use numerals for all numbers in a sentence if one of the numbers needs to be written in numerals.
When two numbers appear in succession, spell out one and use numerals for the other.
22c Use numerals according to convention
DATES |
August 10, 2008; the 1990s |
DECIMALS, PERCENTAGES, FRACTIONS |
56.7, 50% or 50 percent, 1¾ cups |
EXACT TIMES |
9:27 a.m. |
PAGES, CHAPTERS, VOLUMES |
page 27, chapter 12, volume 4 |
ADDRESSES |
122 Peach Street |
EXACT AMOUNTS OF MONEY |
$5.60, $1.3 million |
SCORES AND STATISTICS |
23–6 victory, a factor of 12 |