MLA Style: Numbers and Dates Quiz with Answer Key

📚 MLA Style: Numbers and Dates Quick Study Guide

• 🔢 General Rule: Spell out numbers one through one hundred. Use numerals for numbers greater than 100.
• 🗓️ Dates: Follow the day-month-year format (e.g., 8 July 2024). No commas needed.
• 💰 Monetary Amounts: Use numerals for dollar amounts. For even dollar amounts, you can omit the .00 (e.g., $5 or $105).
• 💯 Percentages: Use numerals followed by the word “percent” (e.g., 5 percent or 67 percent).
• ✍️ Page Numbers: Use numerals (e.g., page 34 or pp. 122-25).
• 📍 Addresses: Use numerals for street numbers.
• 💡 Exceptions: Always spell out a number if it begins a sentence. You can also spell out numbers for clarity or emphasis in some cases.

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is the correct MLA style for writing the number 75?

   1. A. Seventy-five
   2. B. 75
   3. C. Seventy five
   4. D. 75.

2. What is the correct way to write July 4, 2024, in MLA style?

   1. A. July 4th, 2024
   2. B. 4 July, 2024
   3. C. July 4, 2024
   4. D. 4 July 2024

3. How should you write $125 in MLA style?

   1. A. One hundred and twenty-five dollars
   2. B. $125.00
   3. C. $125
   4. D. 125 dollars

4. Which is the correct MLA way to write 5 percent?

   1. A. 5%
   2. B. Five percent
   3. C. 5 percent
   4. D. five %

5. How do you cite page 42 in MLA style?

   1. A. pg. 42
   2. B. Page 42
   3. C. p. 42
   4. D. P. 42

6. Which of the following street addresses is correctly formatted in MLA style?

   1. A. 123 Main Street
   2. B. One hundred twenty-three Main Street
   3. C. 123 Main st.
   4. D. One twenty three Main Street

7. Which of the following is correct according to MLA when starting a sentence with the number 42?

   1. A. 42 students attended.
   2. B. Forty-two students attended.
   3. C. Forty two students attended.
   4. D. 42, students attended.