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- pronunciation:
- tenth
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Parts
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adjective |
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If nine birds are sitting on a fence, the next bird to sit on the fence is the tenth bird.
There were nine people in front of Isaiah in line, so he was the tenth person to buy a ticket for the movie.
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noun |
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A tenth is one of ten equal parts of a thing. If ten people eat a pizza, and each person gets the same size piece, then each person gets one tenth of the whole pizza. One tenth is another way to write 1/10.
Ten pennies equal one dime, so one penny is a tenth of a dime. |
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