Which of the following sentences contains a number error?
a. At 2:15p.m. my history class ends, and I have fifteen minutes to run across campus to make it to my algebra class on time.
b. After spending one hundred and fifty dollars on my textbook for my accounting class, I was surprised to find the page twenty-five was missing.
c. Because my brother turned five on August 31, my parents decided to hold him back an extra year before he starts kindergarten.
d. I graduated in 2013 at the top of my class of four hundred.
b. After spending one hundred and fifty dollars on my textbook for my accounting class, I was surprised to find the page twenty-five was missing.
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a. true b. false