Write the correct answer for each sentence, using either words to spell out the numbers (thirty-one) or
numerals where appropriate (31). Write a C if the sentence is correct as is.
1. ___ 351 people attended the performance.
2. ___ There were one hundred and thirty-five pieces in the puzzle. 3. ___ Class started at eight-thirty A.M. in Room Twenty. 4. ___ In the sixties there were sit-ins at 100's of colleges. 5. ___ Every afternoon at two o'clock the chimes rang. 6. ___ The stock deal, which involved $4.5 billion, paid a twelve and a half percent dividend. 7. ___ The Lafayette television station is Channel Eighteen. 8. ___ They needed eight ten-foot poles for the construction. 9. ___ The vote was 126 in favor of the action and only sixteen opposed. 10.___ The assignment was to read chapter 6, pages 31-39. 11.___ Only fifty percent of high school students go on to college. 12.___ We were assigned a report of about 10 pages in length.
Answer : Writing Numbers Exercise
In the answers below, C means that the sentence is correct as is.
1. Three hundred fifty-one
2. 135 3. 8:30 A.M. 4. hundreds 5. C 6. 12.5 7. 18 8. C 9. 16 10. C 11. 50 12. ten