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cent-
(SENT)hundred
Latin for hundred. A century is a hundred years; a cent is one one-hundredth of a dollar.
prefixLatin
Number & quantitySpellings:centcenti
Example words
century
a hundred years
centimeter
one one-hundredth of a meter
centennial
a one-hundred-year mark
percent
out of one hundred
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 4, 5
- L.4.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., telegraph, photograph, autograph).
- L.5.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., photograph, photosynthesis).
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