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It’s no math for your skills. (But if you do need some help, check out the Numbers section in the <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/buzzfeed-style-guide?utm_term=.qnzK6yvyG#.fenWVxYxE">BuzzFeed Style Guide</a>.)

It’s no math for your skills. (But if you do need some help, check out the Numbers section in the BuzzFeed Style Guide.)

How’s Your Numbers Game? Take This Copyediting Quiz To Find Out!

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First one out of the gate feels kinda heavy, but which sentence follows BuzzFeed style?

Style Guide says: Spell out numbers under 10, but use numerals when referring to pregnancy.

Don’t bok now! Which of these sentences follows BuzzFeed style?

Style Guide says: Use numerals for millions and billions (e.g., 6 million chicken nuggets). For large samplings — for example, if you could format it as a percentage — use numerals.

All right, fancy pants. Which sentence matches BuzzFeed style?

Style Guide says: When referring to ages, use numerals — but spell out decades and _-something_ constructions.

You’re really plugging along! How’s another question sound? Which sentence matches BuzzFeed style?

Style Guide says: Use an apostrophe for omitted numerals in year abbreviations (e.g., “remember the ’70s?”), but don’t include a possessive apostrophe if it’s being used descriptively (e.g., “those 1970s threads are groovy”). Do include a possessive apostrophe when describing something belonging to a specific year (e.g., “1969’s Woodstock was a trip”).

This one’s a tall order. Which of these follows BuzzFeed style?

Style Guide says: Use numerals for heights, don’t separate parts of a measurement with a comma or “and,” and spell out “feet” and “inches” rather than abbreviating with apostrophes. Also, abbreviate year ranges within the same century, connected with an en dash. (Did someone say en dash? Test your [en dash knowledge](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sidneymadden/em-dash-en-dash-hyphen-quiz) here!)

You sweatin’ yet? What question am I gonna ask next?! Same one. Which of these sentences follows BuzzFeed style?

Style Guide says: Use numerals and spell out “degrees” for temperatures (you can omit “Fahrenheit” and “Celsius” if it’s clear from context). For times, omit “:00” if there are no minutes on the hour, and don’t include a.m. or p.m. if there’s already a time-of-day descriptor (e.g., “in the morning,” “tonight”).

Lucky number seven...or is it No. 7? Either way, Tay Tay brings it home! Which of these sentences matches BuzzFeed style?

Style Guide says: Unless it’s an official ranking, like Billboard’s Hot 100, spell out “number one.” And if you’re having a blank space right now, as of this post she has five No. 1s and 25 Top 10s!

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