The prefix c, centi-, means x10-2 which is equivalent to 1/100.
10 cm means 10x10-2m which is 10x(1/100)m=(10/100)m=0.1m
10cm is 0.1m
There are one hundred centimeters in a meter.
If you have only ten centimeters, you have only one-tenth of a meter.
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