METRIC PREFIXES |
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| by Ted Peterson |
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| When a person is working with the metric system for weight, distance, volume etc. you work with a system of 10. Each unit is either 10 higher or lower. |
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| Below is the listing of what each group will start with. That is 10 atto makes one femto, etc. Use the 4 or 5 letters before the name for each group. |
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| atto .000000000000000001 One quintillionth. |
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| femto .000000000000001 One quadrillionth. |
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| pico .00000000000 One trillionth. |
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| nano. .000000001 One billionth. |
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| micro. .000001 One millionth. |
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| milli. .001 One thousandth. |
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| centi. .01 One hundredth. |
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| deci. .1 One tenth. |
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| deka. 10 Ten |
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| hecto. 100 One hundred. |
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| kilo. 1,000 One thousand. |
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| mega. 1,000,000 One million. |
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| giga. 1,000,000,000 One billion. |
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| tera. 1,000,000,000,000 One trillion. |
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| peta. 1,000,000,000,000,000 One quadrillion. |
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| exa. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 One quintillion. |
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| This list will not go more because you will not use any thing bigger or smaller. |
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