Converting between Metric Units of Mass
The metric system has prefix modifiers that are multiples of 10.
Prefix | Symbol | Factor Number | Factor Word |
Tera | T | 1,000,000,000,000 | Trillion |
Giga | G | 1,000,000,000 | Billion |
Mega | M | 1,000,000 | Million |
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 |
Micro | u | 0.000001 | Millionth |
Nano | n | 0.000000001 | Billionth |
Pico | p | 0.000000000001 | Trillionth |