hundredth

Everyday

1. Hundredth means number 100 in order, coming after the ninety-ninth. tree →
2. A hundredth is one of a hundred equal parts of something, written 1/100 or 0.01. tree →

In the lessons

In maths, hundredths come in fractions and decimals: in 3.45 the 5 is in the hundredths place; one hundredth is 0.01; a penny or cent is one hundredth of a pound or dollar; one centimetre is one hundredth of a metre. Races are timed to hundredths of a second. As an ordinal: the hundredth day of school is a celebration in some classes. Phrases: one hundredth, the hundredths column, a hundredth of a second.

Examples

• One cent is one hundredth of a dollar. tree →
• In 4.27 the 7 is in the hundredths place. tree →
• She won the race by two hundredths of a second. tree →
• Our class celebrated the hundredth day of school. tree →
• Seven hundredths is written as 0.07. tree →
• A centimetre is a hundredth of a metre. tree →
• Round 3.456 to the nearest hundredth: 3.46. tree →
• At last, on the five-hundredth day from the day of starting, I saw far off on the horizon what looked like the peak of a mountain. tree →

Note

Spelling trap: hundred + th = hundredth (the d and the th are both pronounced). «Hundredths» (parts) vs «hundreds» (groups of 100): 0.03 is three hundredths, 300 is three hundreds. In decimals the hundredths place is the second digit after the point.

In Jewish tradition

In maths, hundredths come in fractions and decimals: in 3.45 the 5 is in the hundredths place; one hundredth is 0.01; a penny or cent is one hundredth of a pound or dollar; one centimetre is one hundredth of a metre. Races are timed to hundredths of a second. As an ordinal: the hundredth day of school is a celebration in some classes. Phrases: one hundredth, the hundredths column, a hundredth of a second.

Examples

• In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Torah GEN.7.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Spelling trap: hundred + th = hundredth (the d and the th are both pronounced). «Hundredths» (parts) vs «hundreds» (groups of 100): 0.03 is three hundredths, 300 is three hundreds. In decimals the hundredths place is the second digit after the point.