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    This document provides guidance on expressing percentages and fractions in writing. For percentages, the general rule is to write the number followed by the word "percent" without using "the", such as "20%" or "57%". For fractions, the first number should be written as a cardinal number and the second as an ordinal number, like "three eighths" or "six sevenths", except when the first number is 1 it can be written as "a" plus the ordinal form of the second number, such as "a third".

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    This document provides guidance on expressing percentages and fractions in writing. For percentages, the general rule is to write the number followed by the word "percent" without using "the", such as "20%" or "57%". For fractions, the first number should be written as a cardinal number and the second as an ordinal number, like "three eighths" or "six sevenths", except when the first number is 1 it can be written as "a" plus the ordinal form of the second number, such as "a third".

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    This document provides guidance on expressing percentages and fractions in writing. For percentages, the general rule is to write the number followed by the word "percent" without using "the", such as "20%" or "57%". For fractions, the first number should be written as a cardinal number and the second as an ordinal number, like "three eighths" or "six sevenths", except when the first number is 1 it can be written as "a" plus the ordinal form of the second number, such as "a third".

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    Figures: percentages & fractions

    Percentages

    When expressing percentages, we don't normally use "the":

    20% - Twenty percent  (NOT The twenty percent)

    57% - Fifty-seven percent

    82% - Eighty-two percent

    Fractions

    When expressing fractions, the general rule is to read the first number as a cardinal
    number, and the second number as an ordinal number:

    3/8 - Three eighths

    6/7 - Six sevenths

    7/9 - Seven ninths

    2/3 - Two thirds

    When the first figure is “1", we can use the article “a” instead of the number “one”. The
    second number is singular:

    1/3 : A third / One third

    1/7 : A seventh / One seventh

    A half / a quarter: The following two fractions are irregular:

    1/2 : A half (NOT A second)

    1/4 : A quarter (NOT A fourth)

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