ten

Everyday

1. Ten is the number 10. It is one more than nine. tree →
2. Ten is the base of our number system: 10 ones make 1 ten, and 10 tens make 100. tree →
3. Ten out of ten means full marks. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: a number of things, or a place value (tens): 3 tens = 30; counting in tens; multiplying by 10 moves digits one place left. Everyday: ten fingers, ten toes, ten-pin bowling, a ten-dollar note.

Examples

• She has ten pencils. tree →
• Ten children are in the group. tree →
• He saves ten dollars a week. tree →
• Count by tens to 100. tree →
• We have ten fingers and ten toes. tree →
• She got ten out of ten on the spelling test. tree →
• 4 tens and 7 ones make 47. tree →
• Ten times ten is one hundred. tree →
• Ten or twelve crippled-beggars had encamped outside. tree →

Note

A number written in words; read it as 10. «Tens» can mean groups of ten (3 tens = 30). Trap: do not confuse «ten» with «tenth» (10th or 1/10).

In Jewish tradition

In Jewish tradition ten is a number of completeness, as in ten commandments and ten men for a prayer group.

Interpretation. Sefer Yetzirah speaks of ten sefirot, ten numbers on which the world was made. A minyan is ten adults needed for public prayer.

Examples

• one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense; (Torah NUM.7.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days. (Torah GEN.50.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. (Prophets JOS.15.57, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand. (Writings SNG.5.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases; (Prophets 1KI.7.43, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A number written in words; read it as 10. «Tens» can mean groups of ten (3 tens = 30). Trap: do not confuse «ten» with «tenth» (10th or 1/10).