Spell Out Ten Or 10

There are several rules of thought on how to handle writing numbers but the most common is pretty simple.

Spell out ten or 10. I bought eight candy bars from the vending machine. While there are exceptions to these rules your predominant concern should be expressing numbers consistently. In scientific and technical writing the prevailing style is to write out numbers under ten.

It is generally best to write out numbers from zero to one hundred in nontechnical writing. No problem simply type in the number in the box below and press spell number. Daniel on july 31 2007 3 50 am.

A simple rule for using numbers in writing is that small numbers ranging from one to ten or one to nine depending on the style guide should generally be spelled out. In some instances you should spell out the number 10 in apa style. Anup on january 06 2011 4 24 am.

Here in america we spell out and write 10 the same way we say it. Rose on may 25 2010 5 30 pm. Michael on july 31 2007 3 23 am.

Larger numbers i e above ten are written as numerals. I am curious though your 2 you said the small numbers such as whole numbers smaller than ten should be spelled out why have you not wrote 10 as 10 since only numbers smaller than 10 should be spelled out. I have one question.

Oops that would make sense. It does not say anything about number equal or greater than ten. Spell out numbers under 10 zero through nine and use the numeric symbols for numbers 10 and up.