There are 100 centimeter in 1 meter.
In the metric measurement system the basic unit of measurement used for length is meter. Larger units of lengths are arrived at by multiplying meter by 10, 100, 1000 and so on.
Units of length smaller than a meter are arrived at by dividing meter by 10, 100. 1000 and so on.
Measurements units bigger and smaller than a meter are named by adding prefixes the the main unit- the meter, that represent the multiplier and divider number applicable for the unit. Some of these prefixes and their values are:
deca = 10
hecta = 100
kilo = 100
deci = 1/10
centi = 1/100
milli = 1/1000
micro = 1/1000,000
These prefixes are also used for other units of measurement. For example the basic unit of weight is gram. Thus kilogram is equal to 1000 grams and milligram is equal to one thousandth of a gram.
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