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What is the written form of the number 48?

Mother waited in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles until her number, 48, was announced.

A.
forty-eight

B.
forty eight

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option a. forty-eight

In basic rules, spelling out numbers vs using figures (numerals) is a matter of writer's preference.

In some rules, hyphenate all compound numbers from twenty-one through ninety-nine.
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