Numbers

Spell out numbers up to nine. Use figures for 10 and up.

Examples:

• five years


• fourth quarter


• 500 patients


• 50th anniversary

Treat numbers consistently in the same sentence if they are referring to the same category of items. Spell out numbers when it is the first word of a sentence.

Examples:

• Of 25 yearly happy hours, 22 were held on campus and 3 were held off campus.


• Sixty people came to the party.

Percentages: spell out the word "percent" and use the figure, unless it is at the beginning of the sentence.

Examples:

• Eighty percent of the team likes beer.


• The researchers found 7 percent of study participants experienced side effects.