Question

Match the following quantities of time with their corresponding number of years.

• A. 100
• B. 10
• C. 1000

Answer 1

• Decade comes from the Latin word, Deca meaning ten. A decade is a period of ten entire years.
• Century comes from the Latin word, Cent meaning hundred. A century is a period of hundred entire years.
• Millennium is a combination of two Latin words, Mille (thousand) and Annium (year). A millennium is a period of one thousand years.