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1 kilometre (km) = 1000 m
(kilo = thousand)
1 hectometre (hm) = 100 m (hector = hundred)
1 decametre (dam) = 10 m (deca = ten)
1 decimetre (dm) = 0.1 m (deci = one tenth)
1 centimetre (cm) = 0.01 m (centi = one hundredth)
1 millimetre (mm) = 0.001 m (milli = one thousandth)