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Number Expression Guides

Number Expression Guides. Part 1 - Using Words for Numbers. Use Words for:. Numbers from one to ten except when used with numbers above ten, which will be keyed as figures. Examples: Did you visit all eight Web sites, or only four ? Buy 15 textbooks and 8 workbooks. Use Words for:.

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Number Expression Guides

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  1. Number Expression Guides Part 1 - Using Words for Numbers

  2. Use Words for: • Numbers from one to ten except when used with numbers above ten, which will be keyed as figures. Examples: • Did you visit all eight Web sites, or only four? • Buy 15 textbooks and 8 workbooks.

  3. Use Words for: • A number beginning a sentence. Example: • Twelve of the new shrubs have died; 48 are doing well.

  4. Use Words for: • Isolated fractions or indefinite numbers. Example: • Nearly seventy members voted, which is almost one-fourth.

  5. Use Words for: • Names of small-numbered streets and avenues.(ten and under) Example: • The theater is at the corner of Third Avenue and 54th Street.

  6. Number Expression Guides Part 2 - Using Numbers

  7. Use Figures for: • Dates and times except in very formal writing. Examples: • The flight will arrive at 9:48 a.m. on March 14. • The ceremony took place the fifth of June at eleven o’clock.

  8. Use Figures for: • A series of fractions and/or mixed numbers. • Key 1/4, 1/2, 5/6, and 7 3/4.

  9. Use Figures for: • Numbers following nouns. Example: • Case 1849 is reviewed in Volume 5, page 9.

  10. Use Figures for: • Measures, weights, and dimensions. Examples: • 6 feet 9 inches • 7 pounds 4 ounces • 8.5 inches by 11 inches

  11. Use Figures for: • Definite numbers used with percent (%), but use words for indefinite percentages. Examples: • The late fee is 15 percent of the overdue payment. • The brothers put in nearly fifty percent of the start-up capital.

  12. Use Figures for: • House numbers except house number One. Example: • My home is at 8 Weber Drive; my office is at One Weber Plaza.

  13. Use Figures for: • Amounts of money except when spelled for emphasis (as in legal documents). Even amounts are keyed without the decimal. Large amounts (a million or more) are keyed as shown. Examples: • $17.75 75 cents $775 $7,500 • seven hundred dollars ($700) $7.2 million

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