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Assign a Positive CE Year to Its Century - Practice 1

The first CE century runs from year 1 through 100.

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The first CE century runs from year 1 through 100. For a positive year, subtract one, divide by 100, discard the fraction, then add one. Boundary years such as 1900 belong to the century ending then.

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1900 belongs to century 19; 1901 begins century 20. There is no century zero in this exercise.

Three examples pair CE year ranges with century numbers: years 1-100 are century 1; 101-200 are century 2; 1901-2000 are century 20. Year 1900 still belongs to century 19.
Three examples pair CE year ranges with century numbers: years 1-100 are century 1; 101-200 are century 2; 1901-2000 are century 20. Year 1900 still belongs to century 19.
Question 1 What century number contains the year 100 CE? Enter the number, not an ordinal suffix.
Question 2 What century number contains the year 101 CE? Enter the number, not an ordinal suffix.
Question 3 What century number contains the year 999 CE? Enter the number, not an ordinal suffix.
Question 4 What century number contains the year 1000 CE? Enter the number, not an ordinal suffix.
Question 5 What century number contains the year 1001 CE? Enter the number, not an ordinal suffix.