Metric Prefixes(Memorize this)
Prefix Symbol Factor Numerically
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Giga G 109 1 000 000 000 billion
Mega M 106 1 000 000 million
Kilo k 103 1 000 thousand
Centi c 10-2 0.01 hundredth
Milli m 10-3 0.001 thousandth
Micro μ 10-6 0.000 001 millionth
Nano n 10-9 0.000 000 001 billionth
What do you multiply Giga by?
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What is the Factor of giga?
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What do you multiply mega By?
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What is the factor of Mega?
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What do you multiply Kilo by?
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What is the factor of kilo?
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What is Centi multiplied by?
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What is the factor of centi?
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What is milli multiplied by?
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0.001 (three places to the left) Think divisionNext
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What is the factor of milli?
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What is micro multiplied by?
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0.000001(six places to left of the decimal point)
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What is the factor of micro?
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What is nano multiplied by?
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0.000000001 (9 places to the left of the decimal point) Think division
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What is the factor of nano?
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