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You just have to memorize this stuff, at least the ones you work with all the time. It's ok to bookmark the page so you can look up the others when you run across them. See URL in related links below.
There is a prefix every three powers of ten, except for 100, 10, 1/10, and 1/100. To go from one to another you use the LARD rule: LEFT ADD RIGHT DEDUCT. When moving the decimal to the LEFT you ADD to the power of ten. When going to the RIGHT you DEDUCT from the power of ten.
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Word fragments such as centi and kilo that can be attached to the names of fundamental units are called?
Prefix
How is smaller to largest units?
That depends on what type of unit you are talking about (such as length, mass, time, etc.); but generally, a base unit is used (for instance, the meter for length), then prefixes (such as kilo, mega, Giga, Tera..., milli, micro, nano, pico...) are attached to create larger and smaller derived units.
Lists the metric units of mass in order from smallest to largest?
The basic unit is grams.So:kilogramshectogramsdecagramsgramsdecigramscentigramsmilligramsCommentThe 'base', not 'basic', unit for mass in the SI system is the kilogram, not the gram. Further, the prefixes 'hecto', 'deca', and 'deci' are not used in SI.
Kilo vs milli?
Milli and kilo aren't units, they are prefixes. Metric unit for length is the metre, this means all lengths are measured in metres. A millimetre is just another way of writing 0.001 metre, it isn't a different unit its a fraction of a metre. In the same way a kilometre is an abbreviation of 1 000 metre. Unlike older systems there is one unit for each measurement. Inch, foot, yard, mile are all used to measure length but they are all distinct units. In metric there is only the metre, we add prefixes to show fractions or multiples of metres, but the unit is still metres. The prefixes between milli and kilo are, milli (0.001), base unit, and kilo((1 000). On official list there are centi (0.01), deci (0.1), deca (10), and hect (100), but these are hardly ever used, the preference being for jumps of thousands.
How many meters of 23000 sentimeters?
centi- prefix = 100 23000/100 = 230
What are the major prefixes for metric units in order from largest to smallest?
nano- 10-9 micro- 10-6 milli- 10-3 centi- 10-2 deci- 10-1 100 deca- 101 hecto- 102 kilo- 103
Which is larger 12milligrams or 12kilograms?
Kilograms. The metric system prefixes are as follows: Kilo- Hecto- Deka- Base unit Deci- Centi- Milli- Kilo- is the largest and milli- is the smallest.
Which of the following correctly lists the prefixes in order from smallest to biggest?
centi-, milli-, micro-, deca-, kilo-
Which of the following Metric prefixes is smallest A deci B micro C milli D centi?
deka Milli
What is longer a centimeter or decimeter?
Decimeter. From largest to smallest: kilo hecto deca UNIT deci centi milli
What do the SI prefixes kilogram milligram and centimeter mean?
The prefixes in this case are kilo, milli, and centi. Kilo means 1000, milli means 1/1000, centi means 1/100. For example, a kilogram is 1000 gram.The prefixes in this case are kilo, milli, and centi. Kilo means 1000, milli means 1/1000, centi means 1/100. For example, a kilogram is 1000 gram.The prefixes in this case are kilo, milli, and centi. Kilo means 1000, milli means 1/1000, centi means 1/100. For example, a kilogram is 1000 gram.The prefixes in this case are kilo, milli, and centi. Kilo means 1000, milli means 1/1000, centi means 1/100. For example, a kilogram is 1000 gram.
What is the metric prefixes in middle school?
mili, deci, centi, hecto, kilo, deka
what represents the prefixes in order from least to greatest?
The prefixes in order from least to greatest are milli-, centi-, deci-, unit (no prefix), deca-, hecto-, kilo-.
Word fragments such as centi and kilo that can be attached to the names of fundamental units are called?
Prefix
What are the prefixes of grams?
Kilogram Hectogram Decagram Gram deciagram centigram millagram
What do these si prefixes denci centi kilo and milli mean?
denci is not an SI prefix. centi = 0.01 or one hundredth kilo = 1000 = thousand milli = 0.001 = one thousandth.
What number does centi stand for?
centi comes from the Latin word for 100. In the metric system it means 1/100, as the Latin prefixes mean reciprocal multipliers [1/10, 1/100, 1/1000, etc], and Greek prefixes are the 'normal' multipliers [10, 100, 1000, etc.]
