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Study Guide: Metric Multipliers

Prefix Base 10 English
Name Sym Short Scale Long Scale
Y-  1024 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000  septillion  quadrillion
zetta- Z-  1021 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000  sextillion  trilliard
exa- E-  1018 1,000,000,000,000,000,000  quintillion  trillion
peta- P-  1015 1,000,000,000,000,000  quadrillion  billiard
tera- T-  1012 1,000,000,000,000  trillion  billion
giga- G-  109 1,000,000,000  billion  milliard
mega- M-  106 1,000<,000  million
kilo- k-  103 1,000  thousand
hecto- h-  102 100  hundred
deca- da-  101 10  ten
 100 1  one
deci- d-  10−1 0.1  tenth
centi- c-  10−2 0.01  hundredth
milli- m-  10−3 0.001  thousandth
micro- μ-  10−6 0.000001  millionth
nano- n-  10−9 0.000000001  billionth  milliardth
pico- p-  10−12 0.000000000001  trillionth  billionth
femto- f-  10−15 0.000000000000001  quadrillionth  billiardth
atto- a-  10−18 0.0000000000000000001  quintillionth  trillionth
zepto- z-  10−21 0.000000000000000000001  sextillionth  trilliardth
yocto- y-  10−24  0.0000000000000000000001  septillionth  quadrillionth
Source: https://class.ronliskey.com/study/mathematics-7/appendix-metric-mutlipliers/