Fast & Curious 11/18 : cent/centi-

An event that occurs every 100 years is called what?

• centennial

• centimeter

• centipede

• century

An arthropod with many legs (perhaps 100?) is called a _________.

• century

• centipede

• centennial

• insect

The word root "centi" means

• tenth
• one-hundred
• one-thousand
• one-hundredth
• one-thousandth

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CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.RI.4.4

This unit of measurement is equal to 1/100 of a meter; 100 of these are in a meter.

• decimeter

• kilometer

• centimeter

• millimeter

(n) - a period of 100 years

• century

• decade

• percent

• centigrade

(adj) - relating to the temperature scale in which the boiling point of water is at 100 degrees and the freezing point of water is at 0 degrees

• century

• centigrade

• decade

• decimal

(n) - an officer in the ancient Roman army, which originally had one hundred men.

• centurion

• century

• decade

• centimeter

This unit of measurement is one-hundredth of a liter; 100 of these make up a liter.

• deciliter

• kiloliter

• gram

• centiliter

A ________ is one-hundredth of a dollar; 100 of these make up a dollar.

• dime

• nickel

• quarter

• cent

A ratio expressed as a certain quantity out of 100 is called a __________.

• cent

• percent

• tenth

• quarter