Always capitalize the words "thousand," "million," "billion," and "trillion." -ALWAYS use the aforementioned number rule to write down huge numbers and hyphenate them. - Always lay down dollars and cents and hyphenate: The telethon raised $70,000.00. - If the word "million" is used as a measurement instead of a number, don't write with capital letters or use fraction bars: A million people watched the concert on TV. There are three ways to write a dollar amount in journalism. You can use figures, which are numbers followed by decimal points; amounts with no decimal points (such as "$10,000"); or words such as "lottery prize," "government grant," or "donation." Use words rather than figures when writing about charitable donations. When writing about someone's income, use figures. For example, say Jennifer earns $60,000 per year. Or you can say she makes sixty thousand dollars a year. Neither statement uses a figure for her salary. When writing about money, follow these simple rules: - Always write out numbers in digits instead of using fractions or decimals. - Never round up numbers greater than 1,000. People love to read about numbers being left off - always add them in. For example, say there are 3,125 miles in a mile. You should not write that as 3,140 because it looks wrong.