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Metric Staircase

The document discusses the system of prefixes used in the International System of Units (SI units) to modify base units and create larger or smaller units of measurement. It explains that an SI unit is composed of a prefix, which is multiplied by a base unit to increase or decrease its size. Some examples of commonly used base units are provided for length, mass, time, temperature, and other physical quantities. The prefixes and their associated multipliers are listed from mega (106) down to pico (10-12).

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Metric Staircase

The document discusses the system of prefixes used in the International System of Units (SI units) to modify base units and create larger or smaller units of measurement. It explains that an SI unit is composed of a prefix, which is multiplied by a base unit to increase or decrease its size. Some examples of commonly used base units are provided for length, mass, time, temperature, and other physical quantities. The prefixes and their associated multipliers are listed from mega (106) down to pico (10-12).

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SI

 Units  
 mega-­‐  
 
Prefix  (cannot  stand  alone)  +  Base  Unit  (can  stand  alone)  

     kilo-­‐   Examples  of  Base  Units  

meter  (m)  used  for  length  


gram  (g)  used  for  mass  
     deka-­‐  
second  (s)  used  for  time  
Kelvin  (K)  used  for  temperature  
 BASE  
mole  (mol)  used  for  amount  of  substance  
   deci-­‐   liter  (L)  used  for  volume  (derived  unit)  
Decimal  to  right    
   centi-­‐  

   milli-­‐  
Prefixes  to  make  Base  Units  
larger  or  smaller  

mega-­‐    (M)                                            106  


micro-­‐   kilo-­‐    (k)                                                      103  
Decimal  to  left  
deka-­‐  (da)                                              101  
deci-­‐    (d)                                                    10-­‐1  
centi-­‐  (c)                                                    10-­‐2  
   nano-­‐   milli-­‐  (m)                                                    10-­‐3  
micro-­‐  (u)                                                10-­‐6  
nano-­‐  (n)                                                    10-­‐9  
pico-­‐  (p)                                                        10-­‐12  
     pico-­‐    

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