Anatomy and Physiology

mega-
(M)
- 1,000,000
- 10^6
kilo-
(k)
- 1,000
- 10^3
hecto-
(h)
- 100
- 10^2
deca-
(da)
- 10
- 10^1
Base units
- gram (g)
- liter (L)
- meter (m)
deci-
(d)
- 0.1
- 10^-1
centi-
(c)
- 0.01
- 10^-2
milli-
(m)
- 0.001
- 10^-3
micro-
(u)
- 0.000001
- 10^-6
nano-
(n)
- 0.000000001
- 10^-9
To convert from a smaller unit to larger unit...

move decimal point to the left the required number of places
To convert from a larger unit to smaller unit....

move decimal point to the right the required number of places

Author

KellyM

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Card Set

Anatomy and Physiology

Description

metric system

Updated

2013-01-15T04:32:53Z

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