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The Metric System
Prefix	Expon.	Symbol																Digits/Numerical																	Value
pico	10-12	p																0	.	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1	one trillionth
nano	10-9	n																0	.	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	1					one billionth
micro	10-6	µ																0	.	0	0	0		0	0	1									one millionth
milli	10-3	m																0	.	0	0	1													one thousandth
centi	10-2	c																0	.	0	1														one hundredth
deci	10-1	d																0	.	1															one tenth
	100																	1																	one
deca	101	da															1	0																	ten
hecto	102	h														1	0	0																	hundred
kilo	103	k												1	,	0	0	0																	thousand
mega	106	M								1	,	0	0	0	,	0	0	0																	million
giga	109	G				1	,	0	0	0	,	0	0	0	,	0	0	0																	billion
tera	1012	T	1,	0	0	0	,	0	0	0	,	0	0	0	,	0	0	0																	trillion