AP Style Quiz 1: Numbers

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• Thomson scored 40 percent of his hook shots during the finals.
• Thomson scored forty percent of his hook shots during the finals.
• Thomson scored 40% of his hook shots during the finals.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• 35 police officers attended the ceremony.
• Thirty-five police officers attended the ceremony.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• Two thousand and five was a dangerous year to be a journalist.
• Two-thousand-and-five was a dangerous year to be a journalist.
• 2005 was a dangerous year to be a journalist.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• If I told you once, I told you 1,000 times, don't use passive voice.
• If I told you once, I told you a thousand times, don't use passive voice.
• If I told you once, I told you one thousand times, don't use passive voice.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• He bought the hedgehog for 75 dollars.
• He bought the hedgehog for $75.
• He bought the hedgehog for $75.00.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• The seven-year-old won the spelling bee.
• The 7-year-old won the spelling bee.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• She wrote five stories during her first week on the beat.
• She wrote 5 stories during her first week on the beat.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• She wrote ten stories during her tenth week on the beat.
• She wrote 10 stories during her 10th week on the beat.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• Police said the suspect was six feet five inches tall.
• Police said the suspect was 6' 5".
• Police said the suspect was 6 feet 5 inches tall.

Click on the sentence that uses correct AP style for numbers:

• The mayor's budget sets aside $5.73 million for the new library.
• The mayor's budget sets aside $5.729 million for the new library.