Which is correct option about the prefix centi is:
A. One thousand
B. One thousandth
C. One hundred
D. One hundredth
E. One million

Hint: Prefix is a word, letter or number placed before another or prefix is a group of letters placed before the root of the word. For example: The word unhappy consists of the prefix “un” and the root word is ‘happy’. So the meaning of the word ‘unhappy’ is ‘not happy’

Complete step by step answer:
In this question, metric prefix is used. You might have noticed this prefix in centimeter, centipede,etc
Option A) One thousand – is an incorrect answer because this option means 1000. Thus, this is an incorrect option.
Option B) One thousandth - is an incorrect answer because this option means 1/1000. Thus,this is an incorrect option.
Option C) One hundred - is the incorrect answer because this prefix denotes One-hundred
Option D) One hundredth - is the correct answer because prefix centi denotes One-hundredth: centilitre. However, this is the correct answer.
Option E) One million - is an incorrect answer because this option does not fit in the prefix centi as this refers to ten raised to the power of six.

The correct option is D.

Note:
Some of the metric prefixes are: