What is the correct filing order for the following four names? (1) 10+ Modeling Agency (2) 10th Street Pharmacy (3) 10-19 Oak Lane Apts (4) All of the above

What is the correct filing order for the following four names? (1) 10+ Modeling Agency (2) 10th Street Pharmacy (3) 10-19 Oak Lane Apts (4) All of the above

• A. 4, 1, 2, 3
• B. 3, 2, 1, 4
• C. 3, 1, 2, 4
• D. 4, 2, 3, 1

Answer: (B)

When names start with numbers, the leading numeric portion is the key for filing order. If several titles begin with the same number, you break the tie by what follows the number, using a standard precedence for suffixes after the digits. In this set, the three items all begin with the number 10, so we look at the part that comes after that number and apply the usual order: a form with a hyphen after the number comes before forms that indicate an ordinal with letters, which in turn come before forms that include a plus sign after the number. Applying that sequence, 10-19 Oak Lane Apts is filed first (the suffix is a hyphenated form), followed by 10th Street Pharmacy (ordinal form), and then 10+ Modeling Agency (plus form). The remaining entry, All of the above, is filed after these. So the correct filing order is 10-19 Oak Lane Apts, then 10th Street Pharmacy, then 10+ Modeling Agency, and finally All of the above.

When names start with numbers, the leading numeric portion is the key for filing order. If several titles begin with the same number, you break the tie by what follows the number, using a standard precedence for suffixes after the digits. In this set, the three items all begin with the number 10, so we look at the part that comes after that number and apply the usual order: a form with a hyphen after the number comes before forms that indicate an ordinal with letters, which in turn come before forms that include a plus sign after the number.

Applying that sequence, 10-19 Oak Lane Apts is filed first (the suffix is a hyphenated form), followed by 10th Street Pharmacy (ordinal form), and then 10+ Modeling Agency (plus form). The remaining entry, All of the above, is filed after these. So the correct filing order is 10-19 Oak Lane Apts, then 10th Street Pharmacy, then 10+ Modeling Agency, and finally All of the above.