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Prefixes
Symbol
Scientific Notation
E notation *
Order of Magnitude
0.000000000001
pico
p
x10-12
1E-12
-12
0.000000001
nano–
n
x10-9
1E-9
-9
0.000001
micro–
µ
x10-6
1E-6
-6
0.001
milli–
m
x10-3
1E-3
-3
0.01
centi–
c
x10-2
1E-2
-2
0.1
deci–
d
x10-1
1E-1
-1
1
—————-
—————-
—————-
—————-
—————-
10
deka–
da
x101
1E1
1
100
hecto–
h
x102
1E2
2
1’000
kilo–
k
x103
1E3
3
1’000’000
mega–
M
x106
1E6
6
100’000’000
giga–
G
x109
1E9
9
1’000’000’000’000
tera–
T
x1012
1E12
12
1’000’000’000’000’000
peta–
P
x1015
1E15
15
* The ‘E’ in E notation does not represent the exponential or the constant ‘e’; it is a placeholder for ‘times 10 to the power of…’. To avoid possible confusion, ‘E’ is uppercased.
Further Information
For E notation, it is common to see numerical representations, for example, 2.34000E+3, this is the equlivalent to 2.34×103