Kilo Hecto Deca

Unit*

Meter
(length)
Liter
(Volume)
(unit 103) (unit 102) (unit 10)
Gram
(mass/weight)
LARGER
than Unit

100 times
LARGER
than Unit

1 kilo =
1,000 units

1 hecto =
100 units

1,000 times

Kilo

Hecto

10 times
LARGER
than Unit

1 deca =
10 units

Deca

1 unit

Unit

Deci Centi Milli

10 times
SMALLER
than Unit

100 times
SMALLER
than Unit

(unit 10)

(unit 102) (unit 103)

1,000 times

SMALLER
than Unit

10 deci = 100 centi = 1,000 milli =

1 unit
1 unit
1 unit

Deci

Centi

*DIVIDE* numbers by 10 for each unit you are sliding

(Same as moving decimal point one place to the left)

*Multiply* numbers by 10 for each unit you are sliding

(Same as moving decimal point one place to the right)

Milli