How to Write Numbers in the News Article

If you are writing a news article, using numbers in a sentence may come to you often quite confusing. Although not everyone agrees on which rule is always right, here are my three important points to remember when writing numbers in your news article: 

1. Small numbers should be spelled such as one, two, three, four and five that are under ten. For example, write "seven students" instead of "7 students," and "21 people" instead of "twenty-one people"

2. Spell out "percent" or other units that are used together with numbers. For example, write "two percent of sea water" instead of 2% of sea water. 

3. Spell out if the number is estimated. For example, write "five thousands of people instead of 5,000 of people."