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Metric prefixes

Text

Symbol

Factor

Power

exa

E

10000000000000000001000000000000000000

101810^{18}

peta

P

10000000000000001000000000000000

101510^{15}

tera

T

10000000000001000000000000

101210^{12}

giga

G

10000000001000000000

10910^9

mega

M

10000001000000

10610^6

kilo

k

10001000

10310^3

hecto

h

100100

10210^2

deca

da

1010

10110^1

deci

d

0.10.1

10-110^{-1}

centi

c

0.010.01

10-210^{-2}

mili

m

0.0010.001

10-310^{-3}

micro

μ\mu

0.0000010.000001

10-610^{-6}

nano

n

0.0000000010.000000001

10-910^{-9}

pico

p

0.0000000000010.000000000001

10-1210^{-12}

femto

f

0.0000000000000010.000000000000001

10-1510^{-15}

atto

a

0.0000000000000000010.000000000000000001

10-1810^{-18}