Metric Prefixes

Prefix

Symbol

Decimal

Exponential

exa-

E

1000000000000000000

1018

peta-

P

1000000000000000

1015

tera-

T

1000000000000

1012

giga

G

1000000000

109

mega

M

1000000

106

kilo-

k

1000

103

hecto-

h

100

102

deka

da

10

101

-

 

1

1

deci

d

0.1

10-1

centi-

c

0.01

10-2

milli-

m

0.001

10-3

micro-

µ

0.000001

10-6

nano-

n

0.000000001

10-9

pico-

p

0.000000000001

10-12

femto-

f

0.000000000000001

10-15

atto-

a

0.000000000000000001

10-18