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When to write numbers as words or digits

Write the numbers 0 – 10 as words.
(zero – ten)

  • I ate three eggs for breakfast.
  • In this picture you can see one man, two houses, and 12 windows.

Never start a sentence with digit.

  • 21,500 live in Higher Campbell Town.
    Higher Campbell Town has a population of 21,550.

If you are writing a technical document use digits.

  • There is a problem in line 6 of the code.