sixteen

Everyday

1. Sixteen is the number 16, one more than fifteen. tree →
2. Sixteen is ten and six, or four fours. A pound has 16 ounces. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a number of things or an age; 16 = 4 × 4 = 4 squared. Everyday: ages (sweet sixteen), ounces in a pound in the US and UK.

Examples

• Sixteen children are in the class. tree →
• A pound has sixteen ounces. tree →
• She is sixteen years old. tree →
• Sixteen divided by four is four. tree →
• Four squared is sixteen. tree →
• The bus has sixteen seats on the top deck. tree →
• There are sixteen pieces of each colour in this game. tree →
• He had been the ruler of Rome for sixteen days. tree →

Note

A number word; read it as 16. Trap: do not confuse sixteen (16) with sixty (60). Sixteen is even and a square number.

In Jewish tradition

Maths: a number of things or an age; 16 = 4 × 4 = 4 squared. Everyday: ages (sweet sixteen), ounces in a pound in the US and UK.

Examples

• And the persons were sixteen thousand, of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons. (Torah NUM.31.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets: under every board two sockets. (Torah EXO.36.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. (Torah NUM.26.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.41, JPS 1917) tree →
• He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. (Writings 2CH.27.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself fourteen wives, and begot twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. (Writings 2CH.13.21, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A number word; read it as 16. Trap: do not confuse sixteen (16) with sixty (60). Sixteen is even and a square number.