1. In each pair of sentences [

(a) and (b),

(c) and (d), and so on], choose the sentence that illustrates the best use of numbers and figures.

a. The credit union is offering 8.25% interest for CDs.

b. The credit union is offering eight and a quarter percent interest for CDs.

c. AG Goldsmiths reported the theft of eighteen diamonds over two carats each.

d. AG Goldsmiths reported the theft of 18 diamonds over two carats each.

e. 5,031 people reside within the city limits.

f. Five thousand thirty-one people reside within the city limits.

g. The bus departs at three in the afternoon.

h. The bus departs at 3 p.m.

i. Over 1/2 of the laboratory rats were infected.

j. Over one-half of the laboratory rats were infected.