22 Numbers

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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

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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.

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Use numerals for all numbers in a sentence if one of the numbers needs to be written in numerals.

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When two numbers appear in succession, spell out one and use numerals for the other.

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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