Is my sentence complete
While in economics, the number of male was double that of female, at 150 compared to just 75, math saw its male figure nearly tripled that of female , at 200 compared to just nearly 60 .

I don't want to use "males " and "females" too much. Can I just write the number like that with no object ?

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Is my sentence complete
While in economics, the number of male was double that of female, at 150 compared to just 75, math saw its male figure nearly tripled that of female , at 200 compared to just nearly 60  .

I don't want to use "males " and "females" too much. Can I just write the number like that with no object ?

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I totally agree with Felicity Wright

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You would still need to used the plurals in your sentence as you are talking about more than one male and more than one female.

I would write - Whilst in economics, the number of males was double that of females - 150 compared to just 75. In maths the difference was nearly triple with 200 males compared to just nearly 60 females.

*However rather than saying 'just nearly 60 females' I would write a specific number - for example: '...compared to 58 females' or you could say 'approximately 60 females'

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You don't say "males".
Unclear what your question is.
Is it whether you have to write 
..., at 200 males compared to just nearly 60 females?

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