Science 9 Summer Assignment metric prefixes

T

tera (symbol)

G

giga (symbol)

M

mega (symbol)

k

kilo (symbol)

h

hecto (symbol)

da

deca (symbol)

d

deci (symbol)

c

centi (symbol)

m

milli (symbol)

μ

micro (symbol)

n

nano (symbol)

p

pico (symbol)

trillion

tera (meaning)

billion

giga (meaning)

million

mega (meaning)

thousand

kilo (meaning)

hundred

hecto (meaning)

ten

deca (meaning)

tenth

deci (meaning)

hundredth

centi (meaning)

thousandth

milli (meaning)

millionth

micro (meaning)

billionth

nano (meaning)

trillionth

pico (meaning)

1,000,000,000,000

tera (multiplying factor)

1,000,000,000

giga (multiplying factor)

1,000,000

mega (multiplying factor)

1,000

kilo (multiplying factor)

100

hecto (multiplying factor)

10

deca (multiplying factor)

0.1

deci (multiplying factor)

0.01

centi (multiplying factor)

0.001

milli (multiplying factor)

0.000 001

micro (multiplying factor)

0.000 000 001

nano (multiplying factor)

0.000 000 000 001

pico (multiplying factor)

1x10^12

tera (scientific notation)

1x10^9

giga (scientific notation)

1x10^6

mega (scientific notation)

1x10^3

kilo (scientific notation)

1x10^2

hecto (scientific notation)

1x10^1

deca (scientific notation)

1x10^-1

deci (scientific notation)

1x10^-2

centi (scientific notation)

1x10^-3

milli (scientific notation)

1x10^-6

micro (scientific notation)

1x10^-9

nano (scientific notation)

1x10^-12

pico (scientific notation)