The word 'tenths' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is the plural form of 'tenth,' which means one out of ten equal parts of something. You can use 'tenths' when referring to fractions or decimals that are equal to one-tenth. For example: - "The recipe calls for three-tenths of a cup of sugar." - "Only two-tenths of the population voted in the election." - "Her grade point average is 8.5 out of 10, which is equivalent to eight and a half tenths."
Today's electro-mechanical switches take tenths of seconds or longer to divert power usually far too long to avoid a problem.
Yet while security officials have denied that government forces also used guns, the sad truth is that some nine tenths of the 160 people killed since the July 3rd coup have been Islamists, often felled by high-velocity shots to the head and chest.Amid the bitter disagreement, both sides concur in blaming outside forces for stirring up the trouble, and in particular America.
It shows very little net job growth in 2007, and an unemployment rate that is already up by three tenths of a point from its nadir.Add this all up and it is small wonder that consumers are feeling gloomy.
One or two tenths of a percentage point here or there is not going to keep anyone awake at night.
Goldman again puts a cautious spin on the numbers: shale energy's overall effects will add just "a few tenths of a percentage point" to the annual growth rate, says Jan Hatzius, its chief economist.
All this takes only a few tenths of a second.
Stars get their names in letters equal in height to the title, supporting actors seven-tenths of that, and so on, until a magnifying glass is required.
It took 18 months for it to fully investigate allegations of corruption following the successful Qatari World Cup bid, and it needed every single day of that to collate 430 pages of evidence, bin nine-tenths of it and then exonerate itself to the dismay of the chief investigator.
What happened in qualifying, when Hamilton finished three-tenths quicker than the other Mercedes, could have a crucial bearing on the pattern of this season.
The Bank of Japan may also come under pressure to embark on a second round of unconventional monetary policy in the form of quantitative easing.Nearly seven-tenths of those surveyed oppose another rise in the consumption tax.
The farm ministry will also object, claiming that nine-tenths of Japanese rice production would go with the TPP, and 3.4m jobs overall.Letting in cheap foreign rice is the most controversial part of entering the talks.
