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Metric Prefixes: Prefix Symbol How Many G, L, or M in A - ?

This document defines common metric prefixes and their corresponding symbols used to indicate multiples or fractions of basic units of grams, liters, and meters. It shows that a gigagram is equal to 1 billion grams, a megagram is equal to 1 million grams, and a kilogram is equal to 1 thousand grams. Smaller prefixes like deci, centi and milli represent divisions of the base unit into tenths, hundredths and thousandths respectively.

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Metric Prefixes: Prefix Symbol How Many G, L, or M in A - ?

This document defines common metric prefixes and their corresponding symbols used to indicate multiples or fractions of basic units of grams, liters, and meters. It shows that a gigagram is equal to 1 billion grams, a megagram is equal to 1 million grams, and a kilogram is equal to 1 thousand grams. Smaller prefixes like deci, centi and milli represent divisions of the base unit into tenths, hundredths and thousandths respectively.

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METRIC PREFIXES

Prefix Symbol How many g, L, or m in a ___?


(Ex: How many grams in a hectogram?
(decimal) (scientific (fraction) (words)
notation)
giga G 1,000,000,000 109 billion
mega M 1,000,000 106 million
kilo k 1,000 103 thousand
hecto h 100 102 hundred
deca da 10 101 ten
BASE UNIT 1 1 1 one
(gram, liter, meter)
deci d 0.1 10-1 1/10 one tenth
centi c 0.01 10-2 1/100 one hundredth
milli m 0.001 10-3 1/1000 one thousandth
micro  0.000001 10-6 1/1,000,000 one millionth
nano n 0.000000001 10-9 1/1,000,000,000 one billionth

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