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AP NUMBERS Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Spell out numbers in casual expressions

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2
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Do you spell out or use figures for measurements. And do you use ‘ for feet and “ for
Inches?

A

Use figures

Spell out inches, feet yards

Use hyphens for adjective forms

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

A

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.”

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4
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How do you say a boy is 7

A

7-year-old boy

Use a figure

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5
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How do you say an event happened three years past - figure or spell of out?

A

Spell it out. Don’t use number

three years ago

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6
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Figures or spell out numbers with percent

A

Use a figure

1 percent

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7
Q

Third grade or 3rd grade

A

Third grade

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8
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Size nine or size 9

A

Size 9

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9
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Six-by-eight-foot rug

6-by-8-foot rug

A

6-by-8-foot rug

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10
Q

Five ounces

Or 5 ounces

A

5 ounces

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11
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Is the age of an inanimate object spelled out or expressed with a figure

A

Use figures for people, animals and objects

3-year-old house

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12
Q

It happened

3 years ago.

Or

three years ago

A

three years ago

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13
Q

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

A

Write it out

About a third of the class

A hundred or so

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14
Q

The 18 year old was arrested.

Or

The 18-year-old was arrested.

A

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

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15
Q

Spell out or usé figures for

Stating the age of an inanimate object.

A

Use figures.

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16
Q

He was in his thirties.

Or

He was in his 30s.

Or

He was in his 30’s

A

30s

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17
Q

How do you write:

Two and a half laps

A

2 1/2 laps

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18
Q

How do you write five one-hundredths

A

0.05

Put a zero in front of the decimal point

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19
Q

In what order should dimensions be listed?

A
  1. Height
  2. Width
  3. Depth
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20
Q

Numbers with measurements

A

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.

21
Q

How do you write numbers less than 1?

A

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.

22
Q

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.

A

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.

23
Q

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

A

Always use figures. 2.5 percent

24
Q

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

A

Seven-minute video.

Spell out one through nine.

25
Q

Headline:

Is it 3 or three

A

3

26
Q

Cardinal

Ordinal

A

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.

27
Q

Number or figure with millions and billion

2 billion people

Or

Two billion people

A

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.

28
Q

She walked five miles.

Or

She walked 5 miles.

A

She walked 5 miles.

ALWAYS USE FIGURES WITH DISTANCES

29
Q

When do you use courtesy title?

A

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.

30
Q

The names of which eight states are never abbreviated?

A

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

31
Q

What is the rule for ages?

A

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.

32
Q

Purdue writing lab

A

Purdue

33
Q

Use quotation marks around the titles of: 8

A

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.

34
Q

Do not use quotation marks around these four publications

A

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.

35
Q

Five acres or 5 acres?

A

5 acres

Always use figures for acres even under 10

36
Q

Is it north Idaho or North Idaho?

A

north Idaho

Always use lowercase for compass points

37
Q

Is it “6 months after the crisis”

Or “six months after the crisis”

A

Six months after the crisis

38
Q

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

A

7 p.m. on Sept. 17

39
Q

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

A

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.”

40
Q

500 square feet of space

Or

500-square-feet of space

A

500 square feet

41
Q

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

A

5 feet 6 inches tall

42
Q

The 5-foot, 6-inch man

Or

The 5-foot-6-inch man

Or

The five-foot-six-inch man

A

The 5-foot-6-inch man

43
Q

The team chose a seven-footer

Or

The team chose a 7-footer.

A

The team chose a 7-footer

44
Q

Is it a:

$2-billion project

$2 billion-project

$2 billion project

A

$2 billion project

45
Q

Is it a

2-month delay

Or a

two-month delay

Or a

2 month delay

Or a

two month delay

A

two-month delay

46
Q

What about using hyphens when writing numbers?

A

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

47
Q

What are the five rules for dimensions and numbers?

A
  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.”

  1. But a hyphen is needed when a dimension is used in its adjectival form before a noun

“The 10-foot line.”

  1. No comma between feet and inches

“The man is 6 feet 2 inches tall.”

48
Q

What does the rule “no need for commas” mean

A

No need for commas means there is no need for commas between feet inches.

“The boy is 5 feet 3 inches tall.”

49
Q

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

A

No

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