Metric Prefixes and Their Powers

Front

tera (T)

Back

10^12

(1 000 000 000 000)

Front

giga (G)

Back

10^9

(1 000 000 000)

Front

mega (M)

Back

10^6

(1 000 000)

Front

kilo (k)

Back

10^3

(1 000)

Front

hecto (h)

Back

10^2

(100)

Front

deca (da)

Back

10^1

(10)

Front

deci (d)

Back

10^−1

(0.1)

Front

centi (c)

Back

10^−2

(0.01)

Front

milli (m)

Back

10^−3

(0.001)

Front

micro (μ)

Back

10^−6

(0.000 001)