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TABLE 2-3 PREFIXES AND THE VALUES THEY INDICATE

Prefix​ Multiplier​ Symbol​ Name


Yotta​ 1024​ Y Septillion
Zetta​ 1021​ Z Sextillion
Exa​ 1018​ E Quintillion
Peta​ 1015​ P Quadrillion
Tera​ 1012​ T Trillion
Giga 109 G Billion
Mega 106 M Million
Kilo 103 K Thousand
Hecto 102 H Hundred
Deca 10 D Ten
Deci​ 10–1​ d Tenth
Centi​ 10–2​ c Hundredth
Milli​ 10–3​ m Thousandth
Micro​ 10–6​ µ Millionth
Nano​ 10–9​ n Nano
Pico​ 10–12​ p Pico
Femto​ 10–15​ f Femto
Atto​ 10–18​ a Atto
Zepto​ 10–21​ z Zepto
Yocto​ 10–24​ y Yocto

Thus a kilomole is 1000 mol, a microgram is 10–9 kilogram and a millisecond is 10–3
second.
Sample Conversions:

A.​ 1.5X1015microliter to Megaliter


−6
10 𝑙 1𝑀𝑙
1.5 X 1015 µl X 1µ𝑙
X 6 = 1.5 X 103Ml
10 𝑙


B.​ 3.0 X10-20 Terameter to Nanometer
12
10 𝑚 1𝑁𝑚
3.0 X10-20 Tm X 1𝑇𝑚
X −9 = 3.0 X 101Nm or 30 Nm
10 𝑚

C.​ 0.025 Gigabytes to kilobytes


9
10 𝐵 1𝐾𝐵
0.00025 GB X 1𝐺𝐵
X 3 = 250KB
10 𝐵

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