Metric Chart of Units

(numerical values of international metric prefixes)

This Metric Chart will provide a view which should add greater understanding to the metric values

All metric prefixes are powers of 10. The most commonly used prefixes are highlighted in bold in the table. For example, nano-; as applied to "nanotechnology" is becoming more and more a subject of discussion.

Prefixes	Symbols	Factors
yotta	Y	10²⁴ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
zetta	Z	10²¹ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
exa	E	10¹⁸ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
peta	P	10¹⁵ = 1,000,000,000,000,000
tera	T	10¹² = 1,000,000,000,000
giga	G	10⁹ = 1,000,000,000
mega	M	10⁶ = 1,000,000
kilo	k	10³ = 1,000
hecto	h	10² = 100
deka	da	10¹ = 10
deci	d	10^-1 = 0.1
centi	c	10^-2 = 0.01
milli	m	10^-3 = 0.001
micro	ľ	10^-6 = 0.000,001
nano	n	10^-9 = 0.000,000,001
pico	p	10^-12 = 0,000,000,000,001
femto	f	10^-15 = 0.000,000,000,000,001
atto	a	10^-18 = 0.000,000,000,000,000,001
zepto	z	10^-21 = 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,001
yocto	y	10^-24 = 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,001

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