15 kiloseconds is how many centiseconds?

Answer 1

The SI prefixes represent multipliers based on multiples of 10.

Examples:

(The symbol is in brackets.)

kilo (k) = 1000 (e.g. km for kilometre, ks for kilosecond)

hecto (h) = 100

deca (da) = 10

deci (d) = 1/10 = 0.1

centi (c) = 1/100 = 0.01

milli (m) = 1/1000 = 0.001

15 kiloseconds (ks) means 15 × 1000 seconds

1 centisecond (cs) means 1 × 0.01 seconds

To determine how many centiseconds there are in 15 kiloseconds, simply use division.

15 ks / 1 cs = 15,000 s / 0.01 s

= 1,500,000