Example sentences for: one-tenth

How can you use “one-tenth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The latter was a reasonable position during the 1930s, when the rate on Treasury bills was less than one-tenth of 1 percent; it is an arguable claim right now for Japan, where interest rates are about 1 percent.

  • Palestinian per capita income has fallen to $1,400 per year, one-tenth of Israel's.

  • The CDC's latest numbers place the totals at one-tenth that, though it is true that they may be "somewhat underreported."

  • Can you imagine who we'd turn to if our country was one-tenth as screwed up as theirs?

  • For example, London and New York have nearly the same population, with London having 66 percent more thefts and 57 percent more burglaries but only one-fifth as many robberies and only one-tenth as many murders.


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