Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
I've learned about them in school, but I've never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I'm an American.
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No, some measurements just aren't used, even when they'd be a good fit.
Like lengths. We never use anything above km. Even for things like space, we say "million km" rather than gigametre.
The closest we come to hectometre is hectare, which is used for land area.
I'd say we use every 3 prefixes, nanometerw, micrometers, mm, m, km, than any much higher than that usually uses space units (parsecs, AU, lightyears, etc.)
Megameters are sometimes used, that's not true.
Who uses megametres? It's not something I've ever heard in the UK.
A megameters is 1.000.000 meters.
Where do you live and what is your profession? I have heard anyone use megameter seriously.
My astrophysicist friend used them sometimes. I knew her in Texas. She's moved around tho
Germany, studying Cybersecurity. They are used in astronomy through, only a hobby if me.