AP Style Practice #1: Numbers

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

Students returned to their classes at 2:00 PM.

(a)  

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

The bus arrived at 12:00 p.m.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Use noon or midnight instead of 12:00 p.m./a.m.

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

I was born July 30th, 1975.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Always use Arabic figures, without st, nd, rd or th

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

The new restaurant will open Sept., 2021.

(a)  

Answer explanation

When a phrase lists only a month and year, spell out the month and do not separate the month and the year with commas.

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

My cat, Darrell, has six toes and 2 eyes.

(a)  

Answer explanation

In general, you should spell out all numbers one through nine and use figures only for numbers 10 and above.

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

Did you know that only ten out of twenty-five seniors drive to school each day?

(a)  

Answer explanation

In general, you should spell out all numbers one through nine and use figures for numbers 10 and above.

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

300 students passed the SAT exam this year.

(a)  

Answer explanation

When starting a sentence with a number, you usually want to spell the number out. However, there is an exception to this exception (things can never be easy, right?). If you start a sentence with a year, then use the figure.

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

Twenty-Twenty was a terrible year for most of the world.

(a)  

Answer explanation

When starting a sentence with a number, you usually want to spell the number out. However, there is an exception to this exception (things can never be easy, right?). If you start a sentence with a year, then use the figure.

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

The President lives at sixteen hundred Pennsylvania Avenue.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Always use figures for numbered addresses. However, if the name of the street is a number, then you should default back to the basics: spell out First through Ninth, and use figures for 10th and anything higher.

Rewrite the sentence in AP format.

Napavine School District's address is 404 4th Avenue.

(a)  

Answer explanation

Always use figures for numbered addresses. However, if the name of the street is a number, then you should default back to the basics: spell out First through Ninth, and use figures for 10th and anything higher.