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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Same tenth of a number

How would you say "same tenth of a number"
About basketball
A score of 29-21 seems closer than 35-27 because both numbers are in the same tenth of a number. [they are both in the 20s]

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Anonymous in the same tenth of a number A tenth is 1/10, eg. a tenth of 1000 is 100. "

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Anonymousin the same tenth of a number

A tenth is 1/10, eg. a tenth of 1000 is 100. So it is wrong to say "same tenth of a number."
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AnonymousA score of 29-21 seems closer than 35-27 because both ...
... have the same number in the tens column.

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