Dimensions, sizes and exact temperatures should be expressed in numerals. The population of my city is nearly two million now.Ħ.The population of my city is nearly 2 million now OR.Spell out very large numbers instead of using a series of zeroes - even in a chart or table. I made 6 dozen cookies and 150 cupcakes.ĥ.We counted 9 boys and 112 girls at the girls’ softball game.If you have a sentence with two numbers that refer to similar things, or the same thing, either write them both out or use numerals for both. We watched as 100 members of the band marched down the street.Ĥ.One hundred members of the band marched down the street.Write out the number or rewrite the sentence so the number doesn’t appear at the beginning. In fact, it is preferable and looks much better.ģ. In charts, figures, and tables, it is fine to use numerals for all your numbers. And remember that twenty-one through ninety-nine are hyphenated when they are two words.Ģ. However, in literary writing - or writing in the humanities - spell out numbers through ninety-nine. Here are some basic rules for writing numbers:ġ.In scientific or technical writing, spell out numbers one through nine, and use numerals for numbers 10 and higher.
This chapter will confine itself to rules that all media seem to agree on.Which numbers are spelled out and which are written as numerals? It depends on the type of writing you are doing. This is a complex topic, with many exceptions, and there is no consistency we can rely on among blogs, books, newspapers, and magazines. In Chicago style, as opposed to AP style, we would write four hundred, eight thousand, and twenty million with no numerals-but like AP, Chicago style would require numerals for 401 8,012 and 20,040,086. The Chicago Manual of Style recommends spelling out the numbers zero through one hundred and using figures thereafter-except for whole numbers used in combination with hundred, thousand, hundred thousand, million, billion, and beyond (e.g., two hundred twenty-eight thousand three hundred thousand one million).
Here are four examples of how to write numbers above 999,999 in AP style: 1 million 20 million 20,040,086 2.7 trillion. America's two most influential style and usage guides have different approaches: The Associated Press Stylebook recommends spelling out the numbers zero through nine and using numerals thereafter-until one million is reached.
Policies and philosophies vary from medium to medium. using figures (also called numerals) is largely a matter of writers' preference. Except for a few basic rules, spelling out numbers vs.
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