PHYSICAL QUANTITIES

AND THEIR UNITS

Length (l) Time (t) Electric Temperature (T) Mass (m)

current (I)

SI unit: SI unit: SI unit: SI unit: SI unit:

Metre Second Ampere Kelvin Kilogram
Symbol: Symbol: Symbol: Symbol: Symbol:
__m___ __s___ __A__ __K__ __kg__

Measuring Tools

Metre rule Stopwatch

Ammeter Thermometer Beam balance
Lever balance

PREFIX FORM

Prefix Symbol Value Usage Example

Giga G 109 To present 1 200 000 000 A = 1.2 GA
Mega M 106 big value 7 540 000 B = 7.54 MB
kilo k 103 500 000 g = 500 kg
centi c 10-2 To present 0.035 m = 3.5 cm
milli m 10-3 small value 0.438 g = 438 mg
micro µ 10-6 0.0000345 A = 34.5 µA