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Use Numerals for the Following:
1. Acts/scenes, e.g., Act 1, Act 2 (BUT the first act, second act, etc.)
2. Address numbers, e.g., 9 Morningside Drive
3. Ages (people and animals), e.g., 5-year-old girl
4. Channel numbers
5. Chapter numbers, e.g., Chapter 1 and Chapter 20
6. Congressional districts, e.g., 1st (Congressional) District
7. Course numbers, e.g., History 9
8. Court names, e.g., 2nd District Court
9. Dates (no ordinals), e.g., Jan. 1, 2000, Feb. 7, and December 2007 (Months are only abbreviated when a particular day is used and then only Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec.)
10. Decades, no apostrophe, e.g., 1990s
11. Dimensions (spell out inches, feet, and yards), e.g., 5 feet 9 inches tall
12. Dollars (with dollar sign), e.g., $5.40 and $6
13. Earthquake magnitudes, e.g., magnitude 6.7
14. Fleets, e.g., 6th Fleet
15. Fractional amounts greater than 1, e.g., 25/8
16. Latitude/longitude, e.g., 40 degrees 45 minutes north latitude
17. Monetary amounts less than a dollar (with cents), e.g., 5 cents and 12 cents
18. Pages, e.g., Page 1 and Page 20A (BUT a Page One story)
19. Parallels, e.g., 4th parallel
20. Percent, e.g., 1 percent, 2.5 percent, and 30 percent to 40 percent
21. Political divisions, e.g., 1st Ward and 22nd Precinct
22. Proportions, e.g., 2 parts powder to 4 parts water
23. Ratios/betting odds, e.g., 3-2 odds
24. Recipes (no abbreviations), e.g., 4 teaspoons
25. Room numbers, e.g., Room 2 and Room 211
26. Routes, e.g., Route 1 and Route 112
27. Sizes, e.g., a size 9 dress and size 40 long
28. Spacecraft designations, e.g., Gemini 7
29. Telephone numbers (parentheses around area codes or country-city codes), e.g., (800) 111-5555
30. Temperatures EXCEPT zero, e.g., 5 degrees
31. Times, e.g., 3:30 p.m.
32. Weights, e.g., 9 pounds
33. Years, e.g., 1995
34. 10 and above (e.g., miles and mph)
35. 10th and above (street names, constitutional amendments, centuries, and grade/grader )
Use Words for the Following:
1. Ages (inanimates like laws)
2. First through ninth (street names, constitutional amendments, centuries, and grade/grader)
3. Fractional amounts less than 1 (hyphenated), e.g., two-thirds, three-fourths, and six-seventeenths
4. Numbers beginning sentences (EXCEPT calendar years)
5. Numbers in “casual expressions,” e.g., a thousand times no, thanks a million, walked a quarter of a mile
6. One through nine (e.g., miles and mph)
Use Words and Numerals for the Following:
1. Millions/billions, e.g., 1 million citizens (BUT I’d like to make a million dollars)