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Unit Conversions

This document defines the standard SI units used to measure various physical quantities including length, time, temperature, mass, and current. It also describes the metric prefixes that are used to denote powers of 10 when multiplying or dividing units, such as kilo for 103, milli for 10-3, and nano for 10-9. Examples are given of converting between meters, decimeters, and kilometers using these prefixes.

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Unit Conversions

This document defines the standard SI units used to measure various physical quantities including length, time, temperature, mass, and current. It also describes the metric prefixes that are used to denote powers of 10 when multiplying or dividing units, such as kilo for 103, milli for 10-3, and nano for 10-9. Examples are given of converting between meters, decimeters, and kilometers using these prefixes.

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UNIT CONVERSIONS
SI QUANTITIES SYMBOL UNIT UNIT SYMBOL
Length l Meter m
Time t Second s
Temperature T Kelvin K
Mass m Kilogram kg
Amount of substance n Mole mol
Luminous Intensity E Candela cd
Current I Ampere A

METRIC PREFIXES
Symbol Name Power of 10 Multiplication factor
T Tera 1012 X 1 000 000 000 000
G Giga 109 X 1 000 000 000
M Mega 106 X 1 000 000
k kilo 103 X 1 000
h hecto 102 X 100
da deca 101 X 10
B Base 100 X0
d deci 10-1 X 0.1
c centi 10-2 X 0.01
m milli 10-3 X 0.001
 mirco 10-6 X 0.000 001
n nano 10-9 X 0.000 000 001
p pico 10-12 X 0.000 000 000 001

Examples:
1) 5 km= ________dm

103∗5 m
∗1 dm
1 5∗103
= =50,000 dm
10−1 m 10−1
2) 423 cm= _________ km
−2
423∗10 m
∗1 km
1 423∗10−2
= =0.00423 km
103 m 10 3

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