Because there are 1.609344 km in a mile, and 10 divided by that number is still bigger than 5
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You could use the prefixes deka (10) or hekto (100). Please note that they are not commonly used in combination with the meter.
By unit of length and distance and conversion ,we can say that 1 km=100 dam kilometer >dam The kilo- prefix means one thousand: 1000 The deca- prefix means ten: 10 1000 > 10 → kilo- > deca- → kilometer is greater than decameter
The meaning is in the name: Kilo (1000) meter. A kilometer is 1000 meters, or about 6/10 of a mile.
The meter is bigger than the decimeter, which is 1/10 of a meter. Other prefixed units: Millimeter = 1/1000 meter Centimeter = 1/100 meter Decameter = 10 meters Kilometer = 1000 meters
10 kilometers, because it takes 10,000 decimeters to equal 1 kilometer