WHAT ARE CONYERSIONS?
Prefix |
Symbol |
Power of Ten |
Example | |
kilo |
k |
10 3 |
1 kilometer (km) is equal to 1000 m | |
hecto |
h |
102 |
1 hectogram is equal to 100 g | |
deca |
da |
10 1 |
1 decaliter is cqual to 10 L | |
(nonę) |
(nonę) |
10° |
This is just your basie unit, like 1 g or 1 L | |
dęci |
d |
10’1 |
10 deciliters (dL) are in 1 L | |
centi |
c |
10 ’2 |
100 centimeters (cm) are in 1 m | |
milli |
m |
10 -3 |
1,000 millimeters (mm) are in 1 m | |
► micro |
mc |
10-6 |
1,000,000 micrograms (meg) are in 1 g | |
nano |
n |
10 9 |
1,000,000,000 nanograms (ng) are in 1 g |