{"id":207,"date":"2024-03-10T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/brand\/style-guide\/?page_id=207"},"modified":"2025-01-03T14:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:44:03","slug":"numbers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/brand\/style-guide\/numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border-lg border-primary p-4\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump to: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul id=\"degrees\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#metric\">Metric<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#numbers\">Numbers<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#ordinal\">Ordinal indicators \/ superscript<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kt-accordion-id207_9d836e-bf .kt-accordion-inner-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:8px;}.kt-accordion-id207_9d836e-bf .kt-accordion-panel-inner{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);}.kt-accordion-id207_9d836e-bf > .kt-accordion-inner-wrap > .wp-block-kadence-pane > .kt-accordion-header-wrap > .kt-blocks-accordion-header{padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxs, 0.5rem);padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxs, 0.5rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-xs, 1rem);}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-accordion-id207_9d836e-bf .kt-accordion-inner-wrap{display:block;}.kt-accordion-id207_9d836e-bf .kt-accordion-inner-wrap .kt-accordion-pane:not(:first-child){margin-top:8px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-accordion alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-id207_9d836e-bf kt-accordion-has-16-panes kt-active-pane-0 kt-accordion-block kt-pane-header-alignment-left kt-accodion-icon-style-arrow kt-accodion-icon-side-right\" style=\"max-width:none\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-inner-wrap\" data-allow-multiple-open=\"true\" data-start-open=\"none\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-14 kt-pane207_db7d6b-32\" id=\"metric\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Metric<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>The names of metric units are usually <strong>spelled out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>20-kilogram<\/strong> sack, not a 20-kg sack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He ran <strong>10 kilometres<\/strong>, not he ran 10 km<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There are no abbreviations in metric, only symbols.<\/strong> These symbols take periods only at the end of a sentence, never take an s in the plural and are separated from a number by a space. Metre is m, kilometre is km, kilogram is kg, Celsius is C, metric tonne is t, hour is h. Only Celsius is capitalized as C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He drove\u00a0<strong>10 km<\/strong>\u00a0to the store.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The weather was a sunny\u00a0<strong>23 C<\/strong>\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Use a hyphen when indicating a metric quantity as an adjective.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a 10-kilogram sack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>C (for Celsius) can be used on first reference. Other common symbols such as km\/h, mm and KB should be written out on first reference but may be used on second reference when preceded by a number at 70 km\/h, a 105-mm cannon, a 112-KB file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number less than one has a zero before the decimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Symbols may be used in charts, graphics, tables and the like, as well as in coverage of certain sports.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-15 kt-pane207_56d050-23\" id=\"numbers\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Numbers<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Write the numbers&nbsp;<strong>one to nine as words<\/strong>.&nbsp;The same goes for&nbsp;<strong>first to ninth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Write the numbers&nbsp;<strong>10 and up as numerical figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3,500\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a026\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 99th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When the number is four digits or longer, separate with commas rather than spaces or periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>100,000<\/strong>\u00a0not 100 000 or 100.000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are\u00a0<strong>1,200<\/strong>\u00a0students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>$430,000<\/strong>\u00a0grant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For&nbsp;<strong>large numbers,<\/strong>&nbsp;it is better to use words or a combination of words and numbers.&nbsp;<strong>Write 1.4 million<\/strong>&nbsp;rather than 1,400,000. Write&nbsp;<strong>one million<\/strong>&nbsp;rather than 1,000,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the <strong>plural of numbers<\/strong>, including decades, <strong>do not use an apostrophe<\/strong> before the \u201cs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 1960s were exciting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Give me all the 10s and 20s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For <strong>numbers in official names<\/strong>, follow the organization\u2019s spelling style:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7Up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not use <strong>commas<\/strong> with dimensions, measurements and weights consisting of two or more elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A woman is five feet 11 inches tall; a trip of six months three weeks two days; in two hours 21 minutes 45 seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When to use <strong>figures<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In addresses, in ages standing alone after a name, in dates and years, in decisions, rulings, scores, votes and odds, in monetary units preceded by a symbol, in temperatures, in times, for latitude and longitude.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When to <strong>spell out<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>At the start of a sentence, if you must start with a number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>headlines<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use numerals for numbers under 10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use numerals\u00a0\u2013 <strong>8<\/strong> instead of <strong>eight<\/strong>, <strong>1st<\/strong> instead of<strong> first<\/strong>, etc. \u2013 for numbers under 10.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use <strong>M<\/strong>, capped, for <strong>million<\/strong> after numeral.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$2M in funding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(For percentages, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/brand\/style-guide\/spelling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Spelling<\/strong><\/a> section. For more on headlines, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/brand\/style-guide\/punctuation-and-formatting\/#headlines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Headlines<\/strong><\/a> section.)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-16 kt-pane207_e48744-2f\" id=\"ordinal\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\">Ordinal indicators \/ superscript<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel kt-accordion-panel-hidden\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Don\u2019t use ordinal indicators (the suffixes \"st,\" \"nd,\" \"rd,\" \"th\") when writing dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oct. 12 not Oct. 12th or Oct. 12<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Spell out if below 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She placed eighth in the spelling bee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He finished 15th in the race<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t use superscript unless as a design element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>24th not 24<sup>th<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jump to:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1896,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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