For other uses of the number 10, see 10 (disambiguation) .
Ten is a Composite Number , its proper Divisor s being , and . Ten is the smallest Noncototient , a number that can not be expressed as the difference between any integer and the total of Coprime s below it.
Ten is a Harshad Number and a Semi-meandric Number .
Ten is the sum of the first three Prime Number s.
Ten squared equals 100.
A Polygon with ten sides is a Decagon , and 10 is a decagonal number. But it is also a Triangular Number and a Centered Triangular Number .
Ten is the number of N-Queens Problem solutions for n = 5.
- 10 = 8550). The reason for the choice of ten is assumed to be that humans have ten fingers ( Digit s).
The digit '1' followed by '0' is how the value of p is writen in base p. (E.g. 16 in hexadecimal is 10.)
The Roman Numeral for ten is X (which looks like two V's Roman numeral for 5 put together); it is thought that the V for five is derived from an open hand (five digits displayed). The Chinese Word Numeral for ten is 十, which resembles a cross.
- The series which began on -2467 February 28 and ended on -1169 April 18 . The duration of Saros series 10 was 1298.1 years, and it contained 73 solar eclipses.
- There are ten cents in a U.S. or Canadian dime, itself one tenth of a dollar. The word was shortened from ''decime''.
- The denomination of Canadian paper money bearing a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald , Canada's first Prime Minister .
- The interval of a major or minor tenth is an octave plus a major or minor third.
- The title of quite a few albums, including recordings by Pearl Jam and LL Cool J . See .
- People traditionally Tithe d one tenth of their produce. The practice of tithing is still common in Christian churches today, though it is disputed in some circles as to whether or not it is required of Christians.
- The number of Commandments from God to man in Mosaic Law . (Exodus 20:2-17, Exodus 34:12-26, and Deuteronomy 5:6-21)
- There are said to be ten "Lost Tribes" of Israel (those other than Judah and Benjamin).
- There are ten sephiroth in the Tree Of Life of Jewish Mysticism .
- In Chess , each side can promote all eight Pawn s to have a total of ten Bishop s, Knight s, or Rook s.
- In Rugby Union the fly-half wears the 10 shirt.
- In Blackjack , the Ten, Jack, Queen and King are all worth 10 points.
- In a Bowling Alley 10 pins are arranged in a triangular pattern.
- The number of Diego Maradona 's shirt, considered to be one of the best soccer player ever.
- The number of thatrical '' Star Trek '' films that have been released so far.
- A collection of ten items (most often ten years) is called a Decade .
- A Decapod crustacean has ten limbs.
- To reduce something by one-tenth is to '' Decimate ''. (In ancient Rome, the killing of one in ten soldiers in a cohort was the punishment for cowardice or mutiny; or, one-tenth of the able-bodied men in a village as a form of retribution, thus causing a labor shortage and threat of starvation in agrarian societies.)
- 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 and Wine-tasting ).
- Blake Edwards' 1979 movie '' 10 ''.
- Something that scores perfectly is "a perfect ten". A person who is 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. For example, in the movie '' 10 '' Bo Derek is supposedly a "10" on that scale.
- Counting from one to ten before speaking is often done in order to cool one's temper.
- In Astrology , Capricorn is the 10th Astrological Sign of the Zodiac .
- In Chinese Astrology , the 10 Heavenly Stems , refer to a cyclic number system that is used also for time reckoning.
- The ordinal adjective is ''denary''.
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