Number 10
10 (ten) is the natural number following nine and preceding eleven.
Mathematics
Ten is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2 and 5.
Ten is the base of the decimal numeral system, by far the most common system of denoting numbers both in spoken and written language. For this reason, any number can be instantly multiplied by ten by adding a zero to the end (855 * 10 = 8,550). The basis for choice of ten is presumably that ten is the number of fingers (digits) of the human body.
The Roman numeral for ten is X (which looks like two V's [the Roman numeral for 5] put together).
The Chinese word numeral for ten is 十, which resembles a cross.
Ten is the sum of the first three prime numbers.
A collection of ten items (most often ten years) is called a decade.
A polygon with ten sides is a decagon.
Numeral systems
Other fields
A decapod crustacean has ten limbs.
There are ten cents in a dime, itself one tenth of a dollar. The word was shortened from decime.
People were traditionally tithed one tenth of their produce.
It takes ten to make a minyan.
With ten being the base of the decimal system, a scale of 1 to 10 is often used to rank things, as a smaller version of a 1-to-100 scale (as is used in percentages). Something that scores perfectly is "a perfect ten". A person who is extremely attractive and physically flawless is often said to be "a ten", from the idea of ranking that person's appearance and sex appeal on a 1-to-10 scale.
Counting from one to ten before speaking is often done in order to cool one's temper.
Ten is:
9 and 11
Referenced By
Greek numeral | Greek numerals | Ionic numeral system | Roman Numerals | Roman number system | Roman numeral | Table of bases | Table of divisors | Table of factors | Table of prime factors
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