NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
Remembering Spelling Rules, Continued
Writing
numbers,
continued
Guideline
Example
5-day week -
Express compound adjectives which refer to
time or measurement in Arabic numerals.
120-millimeter cannon
Spell out other compound adjectives.
two-story building
five-man team
Express as arabic numerals:
percentages.
6 percent
3 to 1
0.75 inch
degrees.
longitude 77, 06' 14"W
mathematical expressions.
multiplied by 8
money.
39 cents apiece
per pound
Spell out fractions standing alone or
Our strength is one-third of its
followed by of a, or of an.
potential.
Spell out numbers of less than 100 preceding
two 29-passenger buses
a compound modifier containing an arabic
sixteen 155mm guns
numeral.
120 81mm mortars
Spell out numbers referring to indefinite
a hundred and one reasons
the early twenties
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