Numbers+and+Symbols

=Numbers and Symbols=
 * 1) In dates, scores, addresses, ages, time references, and numismatic denominations, only numerals should be used.
 * 2) Correct:
 * 3) //The score was 40-27.//
 * 4) //The dance costs $12.//
 * 5) //I will be 18 next week.//
 * 6) //The track meet begins at 5:00 p.m.//
 * 7) Incorrect:
 * 8) //The score was two to nothing.//
 * 9) //The dance will cost twelve dollars.//
 * 10) //I will be eighteen next week.//
 * 11) //The track meet begins at five p.m.//
 * 12) Spell out numbers from one to nine. Use numerals for numbers 10 and above. Do not begin a sentence with numerals.
 * 13) Correct:
 * 14) //The average class size at STHS is 27 students.//
 * 15) //The smallest class in the school only has four people in it.//
 * 16) Incorrect:
 * 17) //The average class size at STHS is twenty seven students.//
 * 18) //The smallest class in the school only has 4 people.//
 * 19) Spell out approximate numbers
 * 20) //Nearly a thousand people walked during the school-sponsored Walk-a-Thon.//
 * 21) Use words and numerals for very large numbers
 * 22) Correct: //The company lost $5 million in the past quarter.//
 * 23) Incorrect: //The company lost $5,000,000 last quarter, and three million dollars in the previous quarter.//
 * 24) Spell out fractions for amounts less than one.
 * 25) Correct: //One-third of the students attending Post Prom will win a prize of some kind.//
 * 26) Incorrect: //1/3 of the students attending Post Prom will win a prize of some kind.//
 * 27) Percentages should use numerals, but should spell out the word "percent."
 * 28) //Only 10 percent of the students polled agree with the change in policy.//
 * 29) Temperatures should use numerals for any degree except for zero. The word "minus" should be used when referencing degrees below zero.
 * 30) //The football game was played in 10 degree weather.//
 * 31) //The wind-chill factor during the fire drill was minus 9.//