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Prefixes Used in the SI System
Prefixes unsed in the SI system with corresponding numerical values
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Chemistry
12th Grade
01/12/2016

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Term
G

Giga
Definition
Exponent - 10^9
Number - 1,000,000,000
Meaning - one billion
Useful Conversion Factors - 10^9 basic unit/1 G (m,g,L)
Term
M

Mega
Definition
Exponent - 10^6
Number - 1,000,000
Meaning - one million
Useful Conversion Factors - 10^6 basic unit/1 M (m,g,L)
Term
k

kilo
Definition
Exponent - 10^3
Number - 1,000
Meaning - one thousand
Useful Conversion Factors - 1,000 basic unit/1 k (m,g,L)
Term
h

hecto
Definition
Exponent - 10^2
Number - 100
Meaning - one hundred
Useful Conversion Factors - 100 basic unit/1 h (m,g,L)
Term
da

deka
Definition
Exponent - 10^1
Number - 10
Meaning - ten
Useful Conversion Factors - 10 basic unit/1 da (m,g,L)
Term
d

deci
Definition
Exponent - 10^-1
Number - 0.1
Meaning - one tenth
Useful Conversion Factors - 10d (m,g,L)/1 basic unit
Term
c

centi
Definition
Exponent - 10^-2
Number - 0.01
Meaning - one hundreth
Useful Conversion Factors - 100c (m,g,L)/ 1 basic unit
Term
m

milli
Definition
Exponent - 10^-3
Number - 0.001
Meaning - one thousandth
Useful Conversion Factors - 1,000 m (m,g,L)/ 1 basic unit
Term
u

micro
Definition
Exponent - 10^-6
Number - 0.000001
Meaning - one millionth
Useful Conversion Factors - 10^6u (m,g,L)/ 1 basic unit
Term
n

nano
Definition
Exponent - 10^-9
Number - 0.000000001
Meaning - one billionth
Useful Conversion Factors - 10^9 n (m,g,L)/ 1 basic unit
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