The phrase "a total of less than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when specifying a quantity that is below a certain threshold.
Example: "The project requires a total of less than 50 hours to complete."
Alternatives: "fewer than" or "under".
These records show that Eisenhower saw Ambrose only three times, for a total of less than five hours.
But they owe a total of less than $100 million, a small portion of the money loaned out.
In 20 years, the program paid out a total of less than $160,000 to a handful of whistle-blowers.
The hearing spanned two sessions that lasted for a total of less than 30 minutes, with both the defendants and reporters barred from entry.
In Thailand, there are only a few large farms growing lemon grass, a total of less than 800 acres, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
Victims' families could sue, but damages would be limited to the insurance carried by each plane, for a total of less than $7 billion.
While these Facebook applications have a combined total of less than a thousand users each, they may have experienced a surge of growth as students return to campus this Fall.
The number of leprosy patients registered worldwide has fallen from a peak of 10 to 15 million to a current total of less than 1 million.
(Five Broken Cameras was packaged as a French film in the end, and earned a grand total of less than $7,000 in the US).
It is unclear where the money will come from, as just two small bank accounts and a house were seized by the Senegalese government when Habré was arrested, worth a combined total of less than $1m.
Essendon made five changes this week, losing almost 650 games of experience via Jobe Watson, Adam Cooney, Courtney Dempsey and Jake Melksham and replacing them with a collective total of less than 60, including debutant Jayden Laverde.
