Money When writing an amount of money, use decimal points for all figures when any include cents. Annual registration fees cost between $35.00 and $69.90. Annual registration fees cost between $35 and $69.90. Write amounts that are less than a dollar as a decimal fraction and always with a zero before the decimal point. The ticket is $0.69 The ticket is $.69 Amounts should include GST. In situations where GST needs to be excluded (e.g. when writing about calculating tax), note this. Million and billion Write the words and in full in general text. Leave a space between the ‘million’ ‘billion’ numbers and text. $745 million 6 billion people Use the abbreviated form (for million) and (for billion) in headings, tables or graphs. ‘m’ ‘bn’ Use lower case, no full stop and no space between the abbreviation and the number. Move the unit of measurement to the column or row header to improve readability in tables. $745m 46m people Express large dollar values as multiples of a million (for amounts of $1 million or more). $4.75 million $4,750,000 Ages When an age is used as a noun (when you can place or in front, or add a plural ‘a’, ‘an’ ‘the’ ‘s’), you should hyphenate. When used adverbially, hyphens are not needed. Five-year-olds say the funniest things. Five year olds say the funniest things. 5 years old. 5-years-old. He’s He’s Generally, unless necessary to prevent confusion, you do not need to add when it’s ‘years old’ writing an age. Avoid of or ‘years age’ ‘aged [number]’ entirely. You must be at least 18. You must be at least 18 years of age. Fractions There are two types of fractions: decimal and non-decimal. Where possible, use decimal fractions rather than non-decimal fractions.
Money When writing an amount of money, use decimal points for all figures when any include cents. Annual registration fees cost between $35.00 and $69.90. Annual registration fees cost between $35 and $69.90. Write amounts that are less than a dollar as a decimal fraction and always with a zero before the decimal point. The ticket is $0.69 The ticket is $.69 Amounts should include GST. In situations where GST needs to be excluded (e.g. when writing about calculating tax), note this. Million and billion Write the words ‘million’ and ‘billion’ in full in general text. Leave a space between the numbers and text. $745 million 6 billion people Use the abbreviated form ‘m’ (for million) and ‘bn’ (for billion) in headings, tables or graphs. Use lower case, no full stop and no space between the abbreviation and the number. Move the unit of measurement to the column or row header to improve readability in tables. $745m 46m people Express large dollar values as multiples of a million (for amounts of $1 million or more). $4.75 million $4,750,000 Ages When an age is used as a noun (when you can place ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ in front, or add a plural ‘s’), you should hyphenate. When used adverbially, hyphens are not needed. Five-year-olds say the funniest things. Five year olds say the funniest things. He’s 5 years old. He’s 5-years-old. Generally, unless it’s necessary to prevent confusion, you do not need to add ‘years old’ when writing an age. Avoid ‘years of age’ or ‘aged [number]’ entirely. You must be at least 18. You must be at least 18 years of age. Fractions There are two types of fractions: decimal and non-decimal. Where possible, use decimal fractions rather than non-decimal fractions.
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