Measurement - Metric System

Metric Units

The metric system has prefix modifiers that are multiples of 10.

Prefix	Symbol	Factor Number	Factor Word
Kilo	k	1,000	Thousand
Hecto	h	100	Hundred
Deca	da	10	Ten
Deci	d	0.1	Tenth
Centi	c	0.01	Hundredth
Milli	m	0.001	Thousandth