Question

In which sentence is the number written correctly? A. The restaurant bill came to thirty-six dollars and fifty cents. B. When fully packed, my trunk weighed sixty five pounds. C. We calculated that we rode twenty three miles on the bike trail.

Answer 1

A is correct because the other two choices doesn't have a hyphens between the number like sixty-five, twenty-three.

Answer 2

A. The restaurant bill came to thirty-six dollars and fifty cents" is the only sentence in which the number is written correctly, since in this case numbers should be hyphenated.