Question
Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Check all that apply.
A: Ms. Washington bought twenty-four pencils for the classroom.
B: Alyssa has collected more than one hundred trading cards.
C: Caleb stirred one-fourth of the walnuts into the batter.
D: There are three-hundred kids in my high school.
E: The scientist added one eighth of a teaspoon of salt to the solution.
A: Ms. Washington bought twenty-four pencils for the classroom.
B: Alyssa has collected more than one hundred trading cards.
C: Caleb stirred one-fourth of the walnuts into the batter.
D: There are three-hundred kids in my high school.
E: The scientist added one eighth of a teaspoon of salt to the solution.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The punctuated sentences that are correct are:
A: Ms. Washington bought twenty-four pencils for the classroom.
B: Alyssa has collected more than one hundred trading cards.
C: Caleb stirred one-fourth of the walnuts into the batter.
E: The scientist added one eighth of a teaspoon of salt to the solution.
Sentence D is incorrect because "three-hundred" should be written as "three hundred" (without the hyphen) when used to denote a quantity.
A: Ms. Washington bought twenty-four pencils for the classroom.
B: Alyssa has collected more than one hundred trading cards.
C: Caleb stirred one-fourth of the walnuts into the batter.
E: The scientist added one eighth of a teaspoon of salt to the solution.
Sentence D is incorrect because "three-hundred" should be written as "three hundred" (without the hyphen) when used to denote a quantity.