Question

Which word or phrase is correctly hyphenated? A) two-thousand eight-seven B) two thousand-eighty-seven C) two thousand-eighty seven D) two thousand eighty-seven

Answer 1

Answer:

D) two thousand eighty-seven

Explanation:

You should always hyphenate numbers when you are describing compound numbers between 21 and 99 (except 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90).

Eighty-seven is a compound number between 21 and 99, so the correct option would be D.

Answer 2

Answer: D) two thousand eighty-seven

Explanation: Two thousand eighty-seven is correctly hyphenated. Use a hyphen when spelling out whole numbers from twenty-one through ninety-nine, even when those numbers are part of larger numbers.