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PrefixesSymbolScientific NotationE notation
*		Order of Magnitude
0.000000000001picopx10-121E-12-12
0.000000001nano–nx10-91E-9-9
0.000001micro–µx10-61E-6-6
0.001milli–mx10-31E-3-3
0.01centi–cx10-21E-2-2
0.1deci–dx10-11E-1-1
1—————-—————-—————-—————-—————-
10deka– dax1011E11
100hecto–hx1021E22
1’000kilo–kx1031E33
1’000’000mega–Mx1061E66
100’000’000giga–Gx1091E99
1’000’000’000’000tera–Tx10121E1212
1’000’000’000’000’000peta–Px10151E1515
* 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

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