AP Style Rules - Day 1 Notes Check

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:

• Each reporter's notebook costs $0.83 when bought in bulk.
• Each reporter's notebook costs 83 cents when bought in bulk.

Which of the following is correct regarding proper use of numbers?

• Nineteen eighty four was a good year.
• He ate $45 dollars worth of food.
• The boat only traveled four miles per hour.
• The concert was the last day of school, Dec. 19.

Which of the following is correct regarding proper use of numbers?

• The stadium held 55,034.
• He won $2.3 million dollars on "Jeopardy."
• The phone returned ten cents.
• He needed $5.00 for lunch.

On Mon./Monday, Jan. 9, school starts.

• Mon.
• Monday