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Numbers

Write the numbers one to nine as words. The same goes for first. . .ninth.

Write the numbers 10 and up as numerical figures.

  • 3,500 26 99th 10th

When the number is four digits or longer, separate with commas rather than spaces or periods.

  • 100,000 not 100 000 or 100.000
  • There are 1,200 students.
  • A $430,000 grant

For large numbers, it is better to use words or a combination of words and numbers. Write 1.4 million rather than 1,400,000. Write one million rather than 1,000,000.

For the plural of numbers, including decades, do not use an apostrophe before the “s”.

  • The 1960s were exciting.
  • Give me all the 10s and 20s.

(For percentages, see the SPELLING DICTIONARY.)