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Why does it shows 6 as "six" and 16 as "16" which is arabic number? Is there any rule about it?

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Rebecca

When writing, small numbers from one to ten need to be spelled out. Larger numbers above ten should be written as numerals. Ex: I have one cat and two dogs. Ex: There are 365 days in a year.

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