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- There were three six-room houses, five four-room houses, and three two-room cottages, and they were built by nine carpenters.
but If two columns of sums of money add or subtract one into the other and one carries points and ciphers, the other should also carry points and ciphers.
- At the hearing, only one Senator and one Congressman testified.
- There are four or five things which can be done.
12.6.
A unit of measurement, time, or money (as defined in rule 12.9), which is always expressed in figures, does not affect the use of figures for other numerical expressions within a sentence.
- Each of the five girls earned 75 cents an hour.
- Each of the 15 girls earned 75 cents an hour.
- A team of four men ran the 1-mile relay in 3 minutes 20 seconds.
- This usually requires from two to five washes and a total time of 2 to 4 hours.
- This usually requires 9 to 12 washes and a total time of 2 to 4 hours.
- The contractor, one engineer, and one surveyor inspected the 1-mile road.
but There were two six-room houses, three four-room houses, and four two-room cottages, and they were built by nine workers in thirty 5-day weeks. (See rule 12.21.)
12.7.
Figures are used for serial numbers.
- Bulletin 725
- 290 U.S. 325
- Document 71
- Genesis 39:20
- pages 352-357
- 202-512-0724 (telephone number)
- lines 5 and 6
- the year 2001
- paragraph 1
- 1721-1727 St. Clair Avenue
- chapter 2
but Letters Patent No. 2,189,463
12.8.
A colon preceding figures does not affect their use.
- The result was as follows: 12 voted yea, 4 dissented.
- The result was as follows: nine voted yea, seven dissented.
Measurement and time
12.9.
Units of measurement and time, actual or implied, are expressed in figures.
a. Age:
- 6 years old
- a 3-year-old
- 52 years 10 months 6 days
- at the age of 3 (years implied)
