metric measurement prefixes

Question 1

giga-

Answer 1

one billion
ex: 1 gigawatt = 1 billion watts

Question 2

mega-

Answer 2

one million
ex: 1 megahertz = 1 million hertz

Question 3

kilo-

Answer 3

one thousand
ex: 1 kilogram = one thousand grams

Question 4

deci-

Answer 4

one tenth
ex: 1 decimeter = one tenth of a meter

Question 5

centi-

Answer 5

one hundredth
ex: 1 centimeter = one hundredth of a meter

Question 6

milli-

Answer 6

one thousandth
ex: 1 milliliter = one thousandth of a liter

Question 7

micro-

Answer 7

one millionth
ex: 1 microgram = one millionth of a gram