Unit Prefixes

peta1015P
tera1012T
giga109G
mega106M
kilo103k
hecto102h
deka101da
deci10-1d
centi10-2c
milli10-3m
micro10-6µ
nano10-9n
pico10-12p
femto10-15f
atto10-18a

Factor

10n

Prefix

Symbol

Short scale

Long scale

Decimal

1 E+24

1024

yotta-

Y

Septillion

Quadrillion

1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

1 E+21

1021

zetta-

Z

Sextillion

Trilliard

1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

1E+18

1018

exa-

E

Quintillion

Trillion

1 000 000 000 000 000 000

1.00E+15

1015

peta-

P

Quadrillion

Billiard

1 000 000 000 000 000

1.00E+12

1012

tera-

T

Trillion

Billion

1 000 000 000 000

1.00E+09

109

giga-

G

Billion

Milliard

1 000 000 000

1.00E+06

106

mega-

M

Million

Million

1 000 000

1.00E+03

103

kilo-

k

Thousand

Thousand

1 000

1.00E+02

102

hecto-

h

Hundred

Hundred

100

1.00E+01

101

deca-

da

Ten

Ten

10

1 E 0

100

-

-

One

One

1

1.00E-01

10−1

deci-

d

Tenth

Tenth

0.1

1.00E-02

10−2

centi-

c

Hundredth

Hundredth

0.01

1.00E-03

10−3

milli-

m

Thousandth

Thousandth

0.001

1.00E-06

10−6

micro-

µ

Millionth

Millionth

0.000 001

1.00E-09

10−9

nano-

n

Billionth

Milliardth

0.000 000 001

1.00E-12

10−12

pico-

p

Trillionth

Billionth

0.000 000 000 001

1.00E-15

10−15

femto-

f

Quadrillionth

Billiardth

0.000 000 000 000 001

1.00E-18

10−18

atto-

a

Quintillionth

Trillionth

0.000 000 000 000 000 001

1.00E-21

10−21

zepto-

z

Sextillionth

Trilliardth

0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001

1.00E-24

10−24

yocto-

y

Septillionth

Quadrillionth

0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001