Metric prefixes

Prefix Symbol 1000m

yotta
zetta
exa
peta
tera
giga
mega
kilo
hecto
deca

Y
Z
E
P
T
G
M
k
h
da

deci
centi
milli
micro
nano
pico
femto
atto
zepto
yocto

d
c
m

n
p
f
a
z
y

10008
10007
10006
10005
10004
10003
10002
10001
10002/3
10001/3
10000
10001/3
10002/3
10001
10002
10003
10004
10005
10006
10007
10008

10n
1024
1021
1018
1015
1012
109
106
103
102
101
100
101
102
103
106
109
1012
1015
1018
1021
1024

Decimal

US English word[n 1]

1000000000000000000000000 septillion
1000000000000000000000 sextillion
1000000000000000000 quintillion
1000000000000000 quadrillion
1000000000000 trillion
1000000000 billion
1000000 million
1000 thousand
100 hundred
10 ten
1
one
0.1
tenth
0.01
hundredth
0.001
thousandth
0.000001
millionth
0.000000001
billionth
0.000000000001
trillionth
0.000000000000001
quadrillionth
0.000000000000000001
quintillionth
0.000000000000000000001
sextillionth
0.000000000000000000000001 septillionth

1.

^ This table uses the short scale.

2.

^ The metric system was introduced in 1795 with six prefixes. The other dates relate to recognition by a resolution of the CGPM.

Since[n
2]

1991
1991
1975
1975
1960
1960
1960
1795
1795
1795

1795
1795
1795
1960
1960
1960
1964
1964
1991
1991