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Number Style: Word or Figure? Name ________________
Whether to use words or figures to express numbers is governed by convention. That is, we follow
customary techniques or rules. Here is a summary of frequently used number rules:
• General rules. Use words for numbers one through ten. (We have ten computers and three
printers. She travels 30,000 miles each year.)
• Money. Use figures. (Her ticket cost $699.55, and her luggage fee was $20 more.)
Revise the following sentences to correct number style.
1. After sending out twenty-five résumés, Amanda was delighted to have 3 job interviews.
2. She prepared her résumé in about 10 hours and spent 35 dollars on paper and copying.
9. That candidate received 2 offers on the 15th of the month, but he asked for 7 days to decide.
10. He graduated with sixty thousand dollars in student loans at a five percent interest rate.
11. His best interview was at 1 Rockefeller Plaza, which is just off of 5th Avenue.
12. He had only three dollars in his pocket, but a taxi ride would cost at least 15 dollars.
Number Style: Word or Figure Key
1. After sending out 25 résumés, Amanda was delighted to have three job interviews.
2. She prepared her résumé in about ten hours and spent $35 on paper and copying. [Do not add a
decimal point and ciphers to even sums of money.]
9. That candidate received two offers on the 15th of the month, but he asked for seven days to decide.
[When the day precedes the month, include the ordinal “th.”]
10. He graduated with $60,000 in student loans at a 5 percent interest rate. [Be sure to spell out “percent”
in messages other than invoices.]
11. His best interview was at One Rockefeller Plaza, which is just off of Fifth Avenue.
