Deka is a prefix meaning ten times.
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deka = 101
A deka is not a unit of anything! You can have a dekasecond (length, in duration) or decametre (length, in distance); both of which measure length. But neither of these is abbreviated to deka.
10
means ten times
A decagon has ten sides - from the Greek word 'deka' meaning ten.