💯О том, как писать цифры в технической документации

📌The style rules for numbers can vary, but the most important thing is to remain consistent throughout the document.

📌Generally, spell out numbers less than 10; write numbers 10 or greater as figures. This applies to both cardinal and ordinal (spell out first or fifth, but use 14th or 122nd)) numbers.

📌Some exceptions to the general rule include:

✔️Express time in figures: “11:30 a.m.; 4:00 p.m.”

✔️Do not begin a sentence with a figure: either spell out the number (however large), or rewrite the sentence so it does not begin with a number.

✔️Very large numbers are expressed in figures followed by the word million, billion, etc. For example: not 1,000,000,000, but 1 billion.

✔️Use figures for all percentages and decimals within a sentence: “A score of 3 percent was reached an average of 3.5 times.”