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notation the exponent is restricted to multiples of
3. Therefore, the previous number would be
expressed as:
230000000 230 10
Using only the exponents that are multiples of 3
allows to memorize a number of prefixes asso-
ciated to every exponent:
Magnitude
prefixe
tera
giga
mega
kilo
unit
milli
micro
nano
pico
femto
Example 1: Convert 0.00238 meters into millime-
ters.
To go back to the magnitude in meters:
= ´ 6
Metric
Symbol
T
G
M
k
-
m
m
n
p
f
0.00238
Result:
32
Power
of Ten
12
10
9
10
6
10
3
10
0
10
-
3
10
-
6
10
-
9
10
-
12
10
-
15
10
´
2.38 10
-
3