A prefix meaning one hundredth (1/100).
Examples:
• 1/100th of a meter is called a centimeter (there are 100 centimeters in a meter)
• 1/100th of a liter is called a centiliter (there are 100 centiliters in a liter)
Abbreviation is c
Example: 12 cm = 12 centimeters = 12 hundredths of a meter (0.12 m)
If the line below was 1 meter long then the first shaded square would be 1 cm long:
