Nothing. Other than that humans have ten digits (fingers and thumbs) on their two hands and these, presumably, were used for counting. If we had had 3 fingers and a thumb on each hand we would probably have evolved a system of counting based on 8. There are many alternative systems still in use today. We count in 2s (almost all computers), 3s (feet in yard), 7s (days in a week), 12s (dozen and gross or inches in a foot), 20s (old "scores, echoes of which are still seen in French numbers from 80 on), 24s (hours in a day), 60s (seconds, minutes), 360s (degrees). In fact, ten is not a particularly useful number since it does not have integer thirds or quarters.
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10 is so important because we use a base-10 counting system.
The word decimal comes from ten. So without the number 10, decimal would have no meaning.
The more zeros in a number, the more that original number is multiplied by 10
A meter has 10 decimeters, so just divide the number of decimeters by 10.A meter has 10 decimeters, so just divide the number of decimeters by 10.A meter has 10 decimeters, so just divide the number of decimeters by 10.A meter has 10 decimeters, so just divide the number of decimeters by 10.
10% = 10/100 = 1/10 Thus to calculate 10% of a number, multiply that number by 1/10 which is the same as divide that number by 10. So 10% of 97 = 97 ÷ 10 = 9.7