Hecto is a value in the Metric System. Hecto is the value 100, such as a hectometer equaling 100 meters.
Hecto-something is a value that is 100x the value of the original thing. So a hectometer is 100x the length of a meter and a hectogram has a weight that is 100x the weight of a gram. http://www.math.com/tables/general/numnotation.htm
hm
It's a hecto
hg Hecto Gram
A hecto (which is a multiple of 100,000) kilogram is 100,000kg.
100
It is "hecto" abbreviated by "h".
The number value for the prefix, hecto, is one hundred. This prefix came from the Ancient Greek language. It is not widely used in the United States.
kilo
Hecto-something is a value that is 100x the value of the original thing. So a hectometer is 100x the length of a meter and a hectogram has a weight that is 100x the weight of a gram. http://www.math.com/tables/general/numnotation.htm
hecto
hecto hecto
hecto = 100 times
Hecto or hecta
A hecto is a amount. hecto, if you ar refering to an amount, would be estinated 0.01 (one tenth.)
100 is the Numerical meaning for hecto
The metric hecto- prefix means 100. eg 1 hm = 100 m 1.5 hm = 1.5 x (1 hm) = 1.5 x (100 m) = 150 m