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Arii_bell

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Which of the following statements will be more effective if the numbers in it are expressed in words?
 
  A. The company's fixed expenses totaled 15,000.
  B. The club will celebrate its 125th anniversary next year.
  C. The firm received 1000s of customer orders for its product.
  D. The business report has 354 pages in total.

Question 2

Which of the following should be expressed in numerals rather than words?
 
  A. Indefinite numbers and amounts
  B. Ordinal numbers used for ages and anniversaries
  C. Numbers higher than ten
  D. Numbers appearing at the beginning of a sentence


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bitingbit

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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
The statement that will be more effective if the numbers in it are expressed in words is The
firm received 1000s of customer orders for its product. The word 1000s should be
rephrased as thousands. The rule is to spell out indefinite numbers and amounts.

Answer to Question 2

C
Numbers higher than ten should be expressed in numerals rather than words. The numbers
from one through ten should be spelled out.


Arii_bell

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Reply 2 on: Jun 23, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

xiazhe

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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