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
Hecto means 100.
A hecto is a amount. hecto, if you ar refering to an amount, would be estinated 0.01 (one tenth.)
0.1
hecto
0.01hectolitres
100 grams.
10 meters deka- =10 hecto- = 100 kilo- = 1000
hecto hecto
There are 10 hecto meters in 1 kilometer because if you follow Kilo Hecto Deca Unit Deci Centi Milli you have to go back from kilo to hecto 1 space and add a zero.
100
The prefix "hecto" always means "x100" - no matter with what unit you use it.