One part of the Olympic games involves an activity called the decathlon. How many events make up the decathlon?
2007-02-02 12:29:08 · 6 answers · asked by Sara 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Decathalon reperesents ten sports ie deca=ten
2007-02-02 12:34:06 · answer #1 · answered by cormucus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
10
2007-02-02 22:10:14 · answer #2 · answered by puppiz8 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that the decathlon includes 10 events. "Dec" usually means "10"
2007-02-02 20:37:30 · answer #3 · answered by Sayuki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
answer in your question. usually such names have thinigs like uno (1), di(2),tri(3) etc and here its DECAthlon, and deca means 10 as in DECAde (10 years and decameter(10 m) etc.
so here decathlon has 10 events
2007-02-02 21:14:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's refer to our Latin number roots.
Mono = 1
Duo or Bi = 2
Tri = 3
Quad = 4
Quint or Pent = 5
Hex = 6
Sept = 7
Oct = 8
Non = 9
Dec = 10
Before the months July and August were added for Julius Ceasar and Augustus, and the calendar had 10 days, the last 4 months made perfect sense: September, October, November, and December for the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months.
2007-02-02 21:41:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
10
2 day event
Day 1:
100 m
long jump
shot put
high jump
400 m
Day 2:
110m hurdles
discus throw
pole vault
javelin throw
1500 m
2007-02-02 20:34:07 · answer #6 · answered by cmhurley64 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋