What if you have several numbers in the same sentence? For instance, "The company recognizes those employees who have worked for five, ten, 15, 20, and 25 years." Technically, according to the first rule from yesterday, this is correct. However, most style manuals agree that numbers shouldn't be mixed in the same sentence. There are two options:
1. Spell out all the numbers. Here we could use the rule of round numbers (yes, I know 15 and 25 aren't round, but they're often treated that way).
2. Don't spell out any of them. I tend to favor this one, because fewer of the numbers are below ten.
The point here is that it's best not to mix numbers. You can decide which way you want to go.
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