SI Prefix Multipliers

Overview of SI Prefix Multipliers

• Metric system prefixes signify standard decimal multipliers represented as powers of ten.
• Each prefix corresponds to a specific symbol, standard English numerical meaning, fractional or whole decimal value, and exponential base-10 representation ($10^{n}$).

SI Prefixes Greater Than One

• tera-

  • Symbol: $T$
  • Meaning: trillion
  • Multiplier Value: $1,000,000,000,000$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{12}$

• giga-

  • Symbol: $G$
  • Meaning: billion
  • Multiplier Value: $1,000,000,000$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{9}$

• mega-

  • Symbol: $M$
  • Meaning: million
  • Multiplier Value: $1,000,000$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{6}$

• kilo-

  • Symbol: $k$
  • Meaning: thousand
  • Multiplier Value: $1,000$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{3}$

• hecto-

  • Symbol: $h$
  • Meaning: hundred
  • Multiplier Value: $100$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{2}$

• deca-

  • Symbol: $da$
  • Meaning: ten
  • Multiplier Value: $10$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{1}$

SI Prefixes Less Than One

• deci-

  • Symbol: $d$
  • Meaning: tenth
  • Multiplier Value: $0.1$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{-1}$

• centi-

  • Symbol: $C$
  • Meaning: hundredth
  • Multiplier Value: $0.01$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{-2}$

• milli-

  • Symbol: $m$
  • Meaning: thousandth
  • Multiplier Value: $0.001$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{-3}$

• micro-

  • Symbol: $\mu$
  • Meaning: millionth
  • Multiplier Value: $0.000001$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{-6}$

• nano-

  • Symbol: $n$
  • Meaning: billionth
  • Multiplier Value: $0.000000001$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{-9}$

• pico-

  • Symbol: $p$
  • Meaning: trillionth
  • Multiplier Value: $0.000000000001$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{-12}$

• femto-

  • Symbol: $f$
  • Meaning: quadrillionth
  • Multiplier Value: $0.000000000000001$
  • Exponential Representation: $10^{-15}$