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UNIT CONVERSIONS
SI QUANTITIES SYMBOL UNIT UNIT SYMBOL
Length l Meter m
Time t Second s
Temperature T Kelvin K
Mass m Kilogram kg
Amount of substance n Mole mol
Luminous Intensity E Candela cd
Current I Ampere A

METRIC PREFIXES
Symbol Name Power of 10 Multiplication factor
T Tera 1012 X 1 000 000 000 000
G Giga 109 X 1 000 000 000
M Mega 106 X 1 000 000
k kilo 103 X 1 000
h hecto 102 X 100
da deca 101 X 10
B Base 100 X0
d deci 10-1 X 0.1
c centi 10-2 X 0.01
m milli 10-3 X 0.001
 mirco 10-6 X 0.000 001
n nano 10-9 X 0.000 000 001
p pico 10-12 X 0.000 000 000 001

Examples:
1) 5 km= ________dm

103∗5 m
∗1 dm
1 5∗103
= =50,000 dm
10−1 m 10−1
2) 423 cm= _________ km
−2
423∗10 m
∗1 km
1 423∗10−2
= =0.00423 km
103 m 10 3

Done by: Emilie Teul