Writing Numbers In Words Or Numerically

But remember that many will require a hyphen such as thirty nine.

Writing numbers in words or numerically. However use the word and to express any decimal points that may accompany these numbers. If there is more than one category that requires numbers in a sentance it is allowed to spell one category and use numerals on the other. Some experts say that any one word number should be written out.

Numbers can be written either as words e g one hundred or numerals e g 100. In english the comma is used as a thousands separator and the period as a decimal separator to make large numbers easier to read. Therefore your sentence is correct as written.

In this article we follow the guidelines of apa style one of the most common style guides used in academic writing. As a general rule of thumb the majority of people choose to spell out numbers phonetically if they can be expressed in two or less words and will write the number out using numerals for numbers that are longer than three words. In general words should be used for numbers from zero through nine and numerals should be used from 10 onwards.

If you write one number in numerals then use numerals for other numbers as well. Eleven hundred fifty four dollars and sixty one cents. As a rule use written words if it can be expressed in two words or less.

Revised on april 24 2020. 255 two hundred fifty five. When writing out a number of three or more digits the word and is not necessary.

If you insist on writing it out. She is one hundred three years old. Try writing a few numbers as words.