Numbers within Text
Writing Numbers within Text
Numbers within Text
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Common Core Language Standard 2
How to properly write numbers outside of your math class can be quite confusing. Maybe it’s because we don’t even use our own numbers. We borrow Roman numerals for formal outlines and the dates at the end of our favorite movies. We use Arabic numerals for just about everything else. Arabic numerals are the symbols for our number system and most all the world uses them.
Now let’s read the mechanics lesson and study the examples.
Spell out numbers from one to nine, but use Arabic numerals for #s10 and larger. However, spell out the number if used at the beginning of a sentence. Examples: five, 24, Six is a lot of donuts.
If a sentence has one number from one to nine and others larger, use Arabic numerals for all. Examples: Both numbers 2 and 12 were selected.
If numbers are next to each other, use the Arabic numeral for one and spell out the other. Examples: We ate 3 six-inch sandwiches.
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to mechanics lesson.
Practice: “Twelve is a dozen. However, we say that 13 is a baker’s dozen and two is a pair.”
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Mechanics Practice Answers: “Twelve is a dozen. However, we say that 13 is a baker’s dozen and 2 is a pair.”
Now let’s apply what we have learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using 1 number from 1-9 and 1 number above 10.
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