Unit 15 - Nine, Ten, Hundred

Master number prefixes like 'centi', 'deci', and 'non'!

non nine deci ten cent hundred The weather forecast called for an eighty-five percent chance of rain so I made sure to bring my umbrella to school.A postcard is closer to one decimeter in length than it is to one centimeter in length.If you add a side to an octagon you will make a nonagon.On my little brother’s birthday, he insisted on saying he was a decade old, instead of ten years old.The centurion drew his sword, but it was too late; his opponent was a stronger warrior with quicker reflexes.The weather report says it is going to be forty-one degrees centigrade then you will need to do your best to stay cool and drink plenty of fluids.My great-grandmother’s wedding dress was almost a century old, so we handled it with great care.Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, is usually around the third week of November, and it is always on a Thursday.The equivalent decimal number for 1⁄2 is 0.5, which is pronounced five-tenths; one way to remember this is to think that five is half of ten.During math class, we measured a number of items using metric rulers; I discovered that my index finger is about one centimeter wide.