1. Dates and Numbers

2. Years Years ( if 4 digits: in pairs ) In 2014 Frankling Chang is given the record for the most spaceflights. [Read]Read In 1994 Kurt Cobain, singer of rock band Nirvana, kills himself. In 1985, the first artificial heart is sucessfully implanted in a human being. On July 4th, 1776, the United States of America is declared independent. The French revolution was held from 1789 to 1799. America “was discovered” by Cristopher Columbus in 1492. The Christian notion of purgatory was defined in 1170.

3. Years ( if two zeros, count the hundreds ) 1700> 17 seventeen > 100 hundred 1700 > seventeen hundred “Portugal claimed Brazil as their property in 1500.” fifteen hundred

4. Years ( if 3 digits: whole number ) “The Vikings were Germanic Norse seafarers, speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Scandinavian homelands across wide areas of northern and central Europe, approximately between 701 to 899.” “In 500 AD, the legendary King Arthur won a battle against the Saxons in Southern England. This slowed the Saxon conquest of England.” A.D.: latin phrase Anno Domini (Year of God) B.C.: Before Christ

5. Years ( if 2 digits: “whole number ) “The city of Rome was nearly destroyed in a catastrophic fire in 64 AD. The fire is said to have been cause by Emperor Nero.”

6. Quantities (money, objects, people) Whole Number “In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted. The eruption destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Most of the cities' populations managed to flee, but 20,000 inhabitants were killed.” “A trip to Europe costs nearly $855”.

7. slow Phone numbers (pairs / one by one slow) 2401-4600:24-01-46-00 2-4-0-1-4-6-0-0 1113, 1911 (311) 555-2368 (the number in parenthesis is the area code)

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