Commas unit 11

Numbers (Concluded) Unit 11 Unit 11 Numbers (Concluded)  Money Amounts  Adjacent Numbers  Percentages and Time  Building and Street Numbers  Dimensions, Weights, Quantities, and Sizes Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Money Amounts Exact amounts of money are expressed in figures Even amounts of money (dollars and no cents) are usually written without the decimal point and zeros Use figures and the word cents for amounts less than a dollar Omit the decimal point  Emilio was paid $50.10 for his work  We paid $35 and were given a receipt  The postage was 75 cents Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Tryout Sentences Each shirt costs $26.00 plus tax We gave the carpenter a check for $345.00 The postage for the letter amounted to $.95 I put a total of $.75 cents in the parking meter Please let me borrow twenty-five dollars until tomorrow Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Adjacent Numbers When two numbers stand adjacent with no words or punctuation between them, spell out the shorter of the two (i.e., the one that takes fewer letters to spell out); express the longer one in figures  The plumber ordered 18 twelve-inch pipes  The teacher purchased twenty 75-cent pads and fifty 15-cent pencils Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Tryout Sentences The builder needed 14 35 inch pipes for one particular job I would like to order 64 40 page booklets We were told that 22 12 member teams are competing Please purchase 100 50 cent stamps at the post office Mike DeAngelo, the architect, envisions a complex of 10 15 story buildings Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Percentages and Time Percentages are expressed in figures, followed by the word percent The hour is spelled out when it is followed by o’clock The hour is expressed in figures when it is followed by a.m or p.m  Rochelle Zeller owns 80 percent of the property  Be ready at eight o’clock  Be ready at p.m Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Tryout Sentences Our work hours are usually between nine a.m and five p.m., but bad weather delayed fifty percent of the staff Estelle’s Spanish grade was 90%, but her math grade was only sixty percent Prices will be slashed by 15% for those customers arriving between o’clock and ten o’clock Warren Elam began to speak at eleven a.m., but only 75% of the seats were filled By o’clock the kitchen had run out of 50% of the items on the menu Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Building and Street Numbers Building and house numbers greater than one are expressed in figures Street numbers one through ten are spelled out  One Park Avenue 2 Park Avenue 9 Eighth Avenue Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) of 12 Tryout Sentences Clarisse is moving to 3d Drive My dentist is located at South 1st Avenue Mandy fell on the ice in front of 9th Avenue Today’s parade is taking place on 10th Street Is four Second Street your new address? Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) 10 of 12 Dimensions, Weights, Quantities, and Sizes Use figures to express dimensions, weights, quantities, and sizes In general business correspondence, spell out the unit of measure (i.e., feet, inches) Do not separate the elements of a unit of measure with commas  Lyle wears a size 40 suit  Jeanne’s height measures feet inches Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) 11 of 12 Tryout Sentences This sack of potatoes weighs eight lbs., one ounce Monique measures ft., in and wears a size fourteen dress I picked five lbs., ounces of apples but took home only four lbs Tatiana ate lb of potatoes a week until she was unable to wear her size dress Our outfielder is ft., 11 in tall and has grown one inch since January.` Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) 12 of 12 ... spell out the unit of measure (i.e., feet, inches) Do not separate the elements of a unit of measure with commas  Lyle wears a size 40 suit  Jeanne’s height measures feet inches Unit 11 Numbers.. .Unit 11 Numbers (Concluded)  Money Amounts  Adjacent Numbers  Percentages and Time  Building and Street Numbers  Dimensions, Weights, Quantities, and Sizes Unit 11 Numbers (Concl... week until she was unable to wear her size dress Our outfielder is ft., 11 in tall and has grown one inch since January.` Unit 11 Numbers (Concl uded) 12 of 12