EXERCISE P9–4 Numbers

EXERCISE P9-4Numbers

Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below.

Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.)

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The carpenters located 3 maple timbers, 21 sheets of cherry, and 10 oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set.

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Answer: MLA style: The carpenters located three maple timbers, twenty-one sheets of cherry, and ten oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set. APA style: The carpenters located three maple timbers, 21 sheets of cherry, and 10 oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set.
EXERCISE P9-4 Numbers Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The carpenters located 3 maple timbers, 21 sheets of cherry, and 10 oblongs of polished ebony for the theater set.

2 of 5

The program’s cost is well over one billion dollars.

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Answer: Correct
EXERCISE P9-4 Numbers Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The program’s cost is well over one billion dollars.

3 of 5

The score was tied at 5-5 when the momentum shifted and carried the Standards to a decisive 12-5 win.

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Answer: Correct
EXERCISE P9-4 Numbers Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The score was tied at 5-5 when the momentum shifted and carried the Standards to a decisive 12-5 win.

4 of 5

8 students in the class had been labeled “learning disabled.”

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Answer: Eight students in the class had been labeled “learning disabled.”
EXERCISE P9-4 Numbers Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - 8 students in the class had been labeled “learning disabled.”

5 of 5

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, had fifty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-two names inscribed on it when it was dedicated in 1982.

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Answer: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, had 58,132 names inscribed on it when it was dedicated in 1982.
EXERCISE P9-4 Numbers Numbers - Edit the following sentences to correct errors in the use of numbers. If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Type your answers in the boxes below. Click Submit after each question to see feedback and to record your answer. After you have finished every question, your answers will be submitted to your instructor’s gradebook. You may review your answers by returning to the exercise at any time. (An exercise reports to the gradebook only if your instructor has assigned it.) - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, had fifty-eight thousand one hundred thirty-two names inscribed on it when it was dedicated in 1982.