AP NUMBERS

Question 1

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a really good one is worth a thousand dollars.

Answer 1

Spell out numbers in casual expressions

Question 2

Do you spell out or use figures for measurements. And do you use ‘ for feet and “ for
Inches?

Answer 2

Use figures

Spell out inches, feet yards

Use hyphens for adjective forms

Question 3

Time span. How do you say an event goes from two o’clock to 5 o’clock

Answer 3

2-5 p.m.

Ifa time range is entirely in the morning or evening, use a.m. or p.m. only once: “6:30-10 p.m.” If it goes from the morning into the evening (or vice versa), you need both: “10 a.m.-2 p.m.”

Question 4

How do you say a boy is 7

Answer 4

7-year-old boy

Use a figure

Question 5

How do you say an event happened three years past - figure or spell of out?

Answer 5

Spell it out. Don’t use number

three years ago

Question 6

Figures or spell out numbers with percent

Answer 6

Use a figure

1 percent

Question 7

Third grade or 3rd grade

Answer 7

Third grade

Question 8

Size nine or size 9

Answer 8

Size 9

Question 9

Six-by-eight-foot rug

6-by-8-foot rug

Answer 9

6-by-8-foot rug

Question 10

Five ounces

Or 5 ounces

Answer 10

5 ounces

Question 11

Is the age of an inanimate object spelled out or expressed with a figure

Answer 11

Use figures for people, animals and objects

3-year-old house

Question 12

It happened

3 years ago.

Or

three years ago

Answer 12

three years ago

Question 13

How do you express amounts with a casual reference and precision is not intended

Answer 13

Write it out

About a third of the class

A hundred or so

Question 14

The 18 year old was arrested.

Or

The 18-year-old was arrested.

Answer 14

When an age is used as a noun, use hyphens.

Question 15

Spell out or usé figures for

Stating the age of an inanimate object.

Answer 15

Use figures.

Question 16

He was in his thirties.

Or

He was in his 30s.

Or

He was in his 30’s

Answer 16

30s

Question 17

How do you write:

Two and a half laps

Answer 17

2 1/2 laps

Question 18

How do you write five one-hundredths

Answer 18

0.05

Put a zero in front of the decimal point

Question 19

In what order should dimensions be listed?

Answer 19

1. Height
2. Width
3. Depth

Question 20

Numbers with measurements

Answer 20

Always use numbers:

8 inches, 10 feet, 200 pounds

“He is 6 feet 2 inches tall.”**
Only use hyphens when using measurements in adjectival form. “The 5-foot-6-inch girl still wears high heels.”**

**note that commas are not used. EXCEPT WHEN ADDING LENGTH AND WIDTH TO THE EQUATION. “The boat is 30 feet long, 15 feet wide and 75 feet high.” BUT: “The 30-by-15-by-75-foot boat.”

Only use the apostrophe to indicate feet and quote marks to indicate inches in very technical contexts.

Question 21

How do you write numbers less than 1?

Answer 21

Spell out amounts less than 1 in stories, using hyphens between the words. For example,

This recipe calls for two-thirds of a cup.
Are you sure? I thought I had read four-fifths.
I need a size twenty-seven-sixty-fourths drill bit.
Use figures for precise amounts larger than 1, converting to decimals whenever practical.

Question 22

What about uncommon fractions less than one that most newspapers don’t have type fonts only for 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, and 7/8 as one unit.

Answer 22

When using fractional characters, you should remember that most newspaper type fonts can set only 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, and 7/8 as one unit. For mixed numbers, use 1 1/2, 2 5/8, etc., with a full space between the whole number and the fraction.

Other fractions require a hyphen and individual figures, with a space between the whole number and the fraction. For example,

1 3-16
2 1-3
5 9-10
In tabular material (tables) use figures exclusively, converting to decimals if the amounts involve extensive use of fractions that cannot be expressed as a single character.

Question 23

How do you write fractions in connection with percentages. Like two and a half percent?

Answer 23

Always use figures. 2.5 percent

Question 24

Is it 7-minute video or a seven-minute video

Answer 24

Seven-minute video.

Spell out one through nine.

Question 25

Headline: Is it 3 or three

Answer 25

3

Question 26

Cardinal Ordinal

Answer 26

Cardinal: For a general rule, spell out zero through nine, and use numerals for 10 and above. These are called cardinal numbers. Ordinal: Ordinal numbers look like this: 1st, 2nd, 10th, 101st , etc. Or they look like this: first, second, tenth, one hundred first, etc.

Question 27

Number or figure with millions and billion 2 billion people Or Two billion people

Answer 27

2 billion Millions, Billions, Trillions Dollars: Use a figure-word combination. 1 million people, not one million $2 billion, not two billion Also note no hyphen linking numerals and the word million, billion, or trillion.

Question 28

She walked five miles. Or She walked 5 miles.

Answer 28

She walked 5 miles. ALWAYS USE FIGURES WITH DISTANCES

Question 29

When do you use courtesy title?

Answer 29

Do not use courtesy titles such as Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. unless they are part of a direct quotation or are needed to differentiate between people who have the same last name.

Question 30

The names of which eight states are never abbreviated?

Answer 30

Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah.

Question 31

What is the rule for ages?

Answer 31

For ages, always use figures. If the age is used as an adjective or as a substitute for a noun, then it should be hyphenated. Don’t use apostrophes when describing an age range. Examples: A 21-year-old student. The student is 21 years old. The girl, 8, has a brother, 11. The contest is for 18-year-olds. He is in his 20s.

Question 32

Purdue writing lab

Answer 32

Purdue

Question 33

Use quotation marks around the titles of: 8

Answer 33

of books, songs, television shows, computer games, poems, lectures, speeches and works of art. Examples: Author Porter Shreve read from his new book, “When the White House Was Ours.” They sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the game.

Question 34

Do not use quotation marks around these four publications

Answer 34

Do not use quotations around the names of magazines, newspapers, the Bible or books that are catalogues of reference materials. Examples: The Washington Post first reported the story. He reads the Bible every morning.

Question 35

Five acres or 5 acres?

Answer 35

5 acres Always use figures for acres even under 10

Question 36

Is it north Idaho or North Idaho?

Answer 36

north Idaho Always use lowercase for compass points

Question 37

Is it “6 months after the crisis” Or “six months after the crisis”

Answer 37

Six months after the crisis

Question 38

Is it “Sept. 17 at 7 p.m.” Or “7 p.m. on Sept. 17”?

Answer 38

7 p.m. on Sept. 17

Question 39

What is the rule for using hyphens when spelling large numbers over twenty?

Answer 39

For large numbers that must be spelled out, use a hyphen to connect a word ending in “-y” to another word: “twenty-two,” “fifty-eight.”

Question 40

500 square feet of space Or 500-square-feet of space

Answer 40

500 square feet

Question 41

He is five-feet, six-inches tall Or 5-feet, 6-inches tall Or five feet, six inches tall Or 5 feet 6 inches tall

Answer 41

5 feet 6 inches tall

Question 42

The 5-foot, 6-inch man Or The 5-foot-6-inch man Or The five-foot-six-inch man

Answer 42

The 5-foot-6-inch man

Question 43

The team chose a seven-footer Or The team chose a 7-footer.

Answer 43

The team chose a 7-footer

Question 44

Is it a: $2-billion project $2 billion-project $2 billion project

Answer 44

$2 billion project

Question 45

Is it a 2-month delay Or a two-month delay Or a 2 month delay Or a two month delay

Answer 45

two-month delay

Question 46

What about using hyphens when writing numbers?

Answer 46

Use a hyphen when writing two-word numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine (inclusive) as words. But don’t use a hyphen for hundreds, thousands, millions and billions. For example: two hundred and thirty-two (232) [note that in US English you might omit the ‘and’ between the hundreds and the tens and units] two thousand two hundred and thirty-two or twenty-two

Question 47

What are the five rules for dimensions and numbers?

Answer 47

1. Always use figures 2. Spell out “feet” and “inches” 3. No hyphen is needed when stating a dimension “The man is 6 feet tall.” 4. But a hyphen is needed when a dimension is used in its adjectival form before a noun “The 10-foot line.” 5. No comma between feet and inches “The man is 6 feet 2 inches tall.”

Question 48

What does the rule “no need for commas” mean

Answer 48

No need for commas means there is no need for commas between feet inches. “The boy is 5 feet 3 inches tall.”

Question 49

Do you use commas when spelling out amounts for a check?

Answer 49

No

Question 50

Is the age of a person spelled out or expressed with a figure?

Answer 50

Figure