i want to know all of the metric prefixes- i know these:
Kilo-1000
Hecto-100
Deko-10
Base-1
Deca- 1/10
Centi- 1/100
Milli- 1/1000.
i want to know ALL of them.
plz?
2006-08-23 14:13:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html
This link has the 20 prefixes that I am familiar with.
2006-08-23 14:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by raz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metric Prefixes
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1 yottameter (Ym) = 1x1024 m yot-a
1 zettameter (Zm) = 1x1021 m zet-a
1 exameter (Em) = 1x1018 m ex-a
1 petameter (Pm) = 1x1015 m pet-a
1 terameter (Tm) = 1x1012 m ter-a
1 gigameter (Gm) = 1x109 m jig-a
1 megameter (Mm) = 1x106 m meg-a
1 kilometer (km) = 1x103 m kil-oe
1 hectometer (hm) = 1x102 m
1 dekameter (dam) = 1x101 m
1 meter (Pm) = 1 m
1x101 decimeter (dm) = 1 m
1x102 centimeter (cm) = 1 m cen-ti
1x103 millimeter (mm) = 1 m mil-li
1x106 micrometer (um) = 1 m my-crow
1x109 nanometer (nm) = 1 m nan-oe
1x1012 picometer (pm) = 1 m pee-koe
1x1015 femtometer (fm) = 1 m fem-toe
1x1018 attometer (am) = 1 m at-toe
1x1021 zeptometer (zm) = 1 m zep-toe
1x1024 yoctometer (ym) = 1 m yoc-toe
2006-08-23 21:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by 知道 wo zhi dao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know there's micro, nano (under milli) and mega and giga above kilo.
2006-08-23 21:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jennifer Gayle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yotta [Y] 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000= 10^24
zetta [Z] 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000= 10^21
exa [E] 1 000 000 000 000 000 000= 10^18
peta [P] 1 000 000 000 000 000= 10^15
tera [T] 1 000 000 000 000 = 10^12
giga [G] 1 000 000 000 = 10^9
mega [M] 1 000 000 = 10^6
myria (my) 10000 = 10^4
kilo [k] 1 000 = 10^3
hecto (h) 100 = 10^2
1 = 10^0
deci (d) = 10^-1
centi (c) = 10^-2
milli [m] 0.001 = 10^-3
micro [µ] 0.000 001 = 10^-6
nano [n] 0.000 000 001 = 10^-9
pico [p] 0.000 000 000 001 = 10^-12
femto [f] 0.000 000 000 000 001= 10^-15
atto [a] 0.000 000 000 000 000 001= 10^-18
zepto [z] 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001= 10^-21
yocto [y] 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001= 10^-24
2006-08-23 21:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by Sherman81 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yotta-1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Zetta-1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Exa-1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Peta-1 000 000 000 000 000
Tera-1 000 000 000 000
Giga-1 000 000 000
Mega-1 000 000
myria-10 000 (this is now obsolete)
kilo-1000
hecto-100
deka-10
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deci- 0.1
centi- 0.01
milli- 0.001
micro- 0.000 001
nano-0.000 000 001
pico-0.000 000 000 001
femto-0.000 000 000 000 001
atto-0.000 000 000 000 000 001
zepto- 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
yocto-0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
2006-08-23 21:19:34 · answer #5 · answered by ForeverBrainless 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋