Question

If a meter stick is divided into 10 equal parts, each part is called a:

Answer 1

The correct answer is decimeter

Answer 2

Answer:  The correct option is (C) decimeter.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that a meter stick is divided into 10 equal parts.

We are to select the correct option which is the name of each part of the stick.

The length of the stick = 1 meter.

If we divide the stick into 10 equal parts, then each part is equal to one-tenth of the stick.

That is, each part of the stick is $\dfrac{1}{10}$ of a meter.

We know that one-tenth of 1 meter is equal to one decimeter, so each part of the stick is equal to one decimeter.

Thus, each part of the stick is called a DECIMETER.

Option (C) is correct.