Commonly Used Prefixes for SI Units
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giga
Symbol: G Numerical: 1,000,000,000 Exponential: 10^9
mega
Symbol: M Numerical: 1,000,000 Exponential: 10^6
centi
Symbol: c Numerical: 0.01 Exponential: 10^-2
deci
Symbol: d Numerical: 0.1 Exponential: 10^-1
deka
Symbol: da Numerical: 10 Exponential: 10^1
hecto
Symbol: h Numerical: 100 Exponential: 10^2
kilo
Symbol: k Numerical: 1000 Exponential: 10^3
milli
Symbol: m Numerical: 0.001 Exponential: 10^-3
nano
Symbol: n Numerical: 0.000000001 Exponential: 10^-9
pico
Symbol: p Numerical: 0.000000000001 Exponential: 10^-12
micro
Symbol: μ Numerical: 0.000001 Exponential: 10^-6