Things can be one hectosecond (in duration), one hectogram (in mass), one hectometre (in length), one hectolitre (in volume) and so on. There is no such unit as a hecto:
1 hecto= 100,000 cm
0.01hL
10 meters deka- =10 hecto- = 100 kilo- = 1000
0.1
hecto hecto
100
The prefix "hecto" always means "x100" - no matter with what unit you use it.
Hecto is a value in the Metric System. Hecto is the value 100, such as a hectometer equaling 100 meters.
kilo = 1000, hecto = 100.
There are 100 grams in a hectogram.
Hecto is a prefix means 100 x1 hectogram = 100 gramthere are 100grams in 1 hectogram.
The prefix hecto is for 100; the prefix deca is for 10.