Metric Prefix
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Metric Prefix Chart

PrefixAbbr    
  Value          
Name
yotta Y 1 x 10 24 septillion
zetta Z 1 x 10 21 sextillion
exa E 1 x 10 18 quintillion
peta P 1 x 10 15 quadrillion
tera T 1 x 10 12 trillion
giga G 1 x 10 9 billion
mega M 1 x 10 6 million
kilo k 1 x 10 3 thousand
hecto h 1 x 10 2 hundred
deka da 1 x 10 1 ten
Factor of One ******* 1 x 10 0 one
deci d 1 x 10 -1 tenth
centi c 1 x 10 -2 hundredth
milli m 1 x 10 -3 thousandth
micro u 1 x 10 -6 millionth
nano n 1 x 10 -9 billionth
pico p 1 x 10 -12 trillionth
femto f 1 x 10 -15 quadrillionth
atto a 1 x 10 -18 quintillionth
zepto z 1 x 10 -21 sextillionth
yocto y 1 x 10 -24 septillionth


The names of the values (billion, trillion, etc) is the American usage.
Sometimes (especially with capacitors), the prefix "micromicro" is used in place of pico.
The Greek lower case letter 'mu' μ was formerly the abbreviation for 'micro'.

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Answers are displayed in scientific notation and for easier readability, numbers between .001 and 1,000 will be displayed in standard format (with the same number of significant figures.)
The answers should display properly but there are a few browsers that will show no output whatsoever. If so, enter a zero in the box above. This eliminates all formatting but it is better than seeing no output at all.

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