Writing Numbers Properly

Writing numbers properly can be tricky. There are a few things to keep in mind.

Remember that you should use a hyphen only in compound numbers between 21 and 99. Don’t use a hyphen when numbers are greater than 99. So you should write:

thirty–three
one hundred and thirty–three
five thousand and seventy–nine
You should not write:

seven-hundred
one-hundred and thirty-three
five-thousand and seventy-nine
Those hyphens are incorrect because they appear in numbers greater than 99.

The use of “and” is also tricky. In British English we always use “and” between hundred/thousand/million/etc and numbers below 100. As in:

seven hundred and five
two million and ten
six thousand, five hundred and nine
In American English it is acceptable to omit “and.” As in:

seven hundred five
two million ten
I wonder, though, if the British “and” is becoming more common among American speakers and writers.

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َAmeneh Darvishzadeh	1	100/00 %
Mehrad Hashemi	1	100/00 %
مهدی حسین پور آقائی	1	100/00 %
فرنوش طغیانی	21	98/36 %
zahra namdari	46	98/21 %
یاسمن محمدی پور	4	98/08 %
Tara Mohammadi	3	96/43 %
yasaman mohamadipur	51	95/86 %
مهدی هنرمند	1	95/24 %
محمدجواد ملائی اردستانی	3	94/44 %
Arzhang Saberi	4	93/33 %
Soheila Karimi	123	92/71 %
aram farhmand	10	92/31 %
یاشار اسکندری	98	91/14 %
عباس پورمیدانی	1	90/00 %
پریسا سلوکی شهرضایی	72	89/49 %
ارشیا قلمکاری	33	89/23 %
Matin Azimipour	30	88/17 %
Omid Aghababaei	20	87/92 %
سجاد آقابابایی	2	87/50 %