Deca is ten, or tenths (like decimal = count by tens, like December (the 10th month by the old count)
So 1 meter equals 10 decimeters.
And 10 meters = 1 decameter.
Neither unit is used commonly.
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1 square meter is equal to about 10.764 square feet.
5.10 feet = 0.155448 decameters.
There are 10 decameters in 1 hectometer. This is because the prefix "hecto-" represents 100 units, while the prefix "deca-" represents 10 units. Therefore, when converting from hectometers to decameters, you multiply by 10.
Since 1 kilonewton equals 0.112 tons, 80 Kn is equal to 8.96 tons.
1 milimetre is equal to 0.001 metre