Numbers modifying the same or similar items should be treated alike within a given passage. If numerals are to be used for any, they should be used for all. However, numbers modifying a different type of item can follow the standard rule, which is to write out one-digit numbers and to use numerals for the rest.
- Of the firm’s 318 outlets currently operating in Atlantic Canada, only 6 accept more than two major credit cards.
- Out of a population of 74,000,000, only 360,000 voted for the Socialist
candidate. - the 3rd, 6th and 127th items in the series
Where many numbers occur in close succession, as in scientific, technical or financial documents, express all of them in numerals.
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