def METHOD_NAME(text: str) -> bool:
    if text.startswith(("+", "-", "±", "~")):
        text = text[1:]
    # can be overwritten by lang with list of number words
    text = text.replace(",", "").replace(".", "")
    if text.isdigit():
        return True
    if text.count("/") == 1:
        num, denom = text.split("/")
        if num.isdigit() and denom.isdigit():
            return True
    return False