Numbers

In text, numbers one to nine should be written as words. Numbers above nine should be written as numerals:

Working for Brooke, you get up to 25 days’ annual leave each year.

You can carry over a maximum of five days’ annual leave.

Out of 12 countries, only five have animal welfare policies.

Note: this doesn’t apply to currency or dates, or labels such as page 5, room 9.

Avoid beginning sentences with digits. Either reword it or write the number in full:

Twenty-five million people live below the poverty line.

Around 25 million people live below the poverty line.

25 million people live below the poverty line.

Write million/billion in text when referring to animals or people: one million animals, 23 million people.

Abbreviate to m/bn for: