Number Style and Rules

Number Style Katie M.

• Numbers 0-10 should be spelled out.
• Numbers larger than 10 should be written as numerals up to the thousands.
• Numbers 1,000-99,000 should be written in numerals.
• If both numbers under 10 and numbers over 10 occur in the same sentence, follow the rule for the bigger number.
• Numbers in the millions and above should have the numeral first followed by the written division.
  • ​For example, 20,000,000 becomes 20 million.

• Do not abbreviate thousand, million, billion, and so on.
• Do not use slang such as "A grand" or "A 5 spot" or whatever the devil you kids are saying today. 
• Time will be written using numbers. Hour followed by colon and minutes. Time of day will be AM or PM Example: 4:00 PM. Avoid possible redundancies such as "4:00 p.m. in the afternoon." Noon and Midnight are fine to use instead of 12:00 p.m. or 12:00 a.m.
• Dates are to be typed as such: September 28, 2014.
• St, nd, and th should not be added on to dates.
• When talking about percentages, use the % sign. Example: 99% of humans are awful.
• Money should be expressed in numbers following the dollar sign. For example: I can not believe a cup of coffee at Starbucks is $5.00.
• When the money amount is under a dollar, the amount should be expressed the same. For example: Back in the day, a movie cost $0.25.

List Style Tamara H.

Ordered, Tamara H.

Unordered Gabrielle G.

• For group lists:
  • End each line of the list with a period.
  • Because the order is not significant, put the list in alphabetized order for consistency.
    • Frostburg offers the following sport programs:
      • Baseball.
      • Basketball.
      • Football.
      • Soccer.
      • Softball.
• For lists with text following the main item:
• Bold the main point or title for emphasis.
• Do not end with a period.
  • The following courses are available at Frostburg State University:

Digital Image Processing and Analysis

This course is located in Gunter Hall, Room 212.

Editing and Production

This course is located in Dunkle Hall, Room 124.

Money Gabrielle G.

• Use numerals.
  • $13.75, $26, $150,000
• Cents, spell out.
  • 5 cents
• Dollar amounts of $1 million or more, spell out.
  • $7 billion, $10 trillion

Numbers in Tables Gabrielle G.

• All numbers in tables should be represented using figures, not text.
• For numbers less than one, put a zero before the decimal point.
• If any number in the table uses a decimal point, make each other number match this amount of decimal points.
  • 0.85, 13.10, 12,350.25, 2,450,900.03
• If the numbers in the table are dollar amounts or percentages, use figures with the corresponding symbol.
  • 25%, $2,768,156
• Keep all the numbers in the table aligned to the left or right.
• Follow the formatting examples in the table below:
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Page Numbers Gabby Waters

• Should be actual numbers. (1,2,3,4...)
• Should be at the bottom of the page
• Does not need to be centered
• Should be at least .5 inches from the bottom of page
• Same font as the text that's used in articles
• Must be a contrasting color from background

For example: If page background is black, page number must be white.