Metric Prefixes

Question 1

Nano n

Answer 1

10^-9, 0.000000001, 1/1000000000

Question 2

Micro u

Answer 2

10^-6, 0.000001, 1/1000000

Question 3

Milli m

Answer 3

10^-3, 0.001, 1/1000

Question 4

Centi c

Answer 4

10^-2, 0.01, 1/100

Question 5

Deci d

Answer 5

10^-1, 0.1, 1/10

Question 6

Base unit

Answer 6

10^0, 1

Question 7

Deka da

Answer 7

10^1, 10

Question 8

Hecto h

Answer 8

10^2, 100

Question 9

Kilo k

Answer 9

10^3, 1000

Question 10

Mega M

Answer 10

10^6, 1000000

Question 11

Giga G

Answer 11

10^9, 1000000000

Question 12

Tera T

Answer 12

10^12 1000000000000

Question 13

A hundred has how many zeros? A million? A billion?

Answer 13

2, 6, and 9

Question 14

A hundredth goes how many places behind the decimal? A millionth? A billionth? And how many zeros are there for each.

Answer 14

2, 6, and 9. (There would be 1 zero for a hundredth, 5 zeros for a millionth, and 8 zeros for a billionth)

Question 15

Starting from 10^1, list the powers of base 10 and their names

Answer 15

10^1 is ten, 10^2 is one hundred, 10^3 is one thousand, 10^4 is ten thousand, 10^5 is one hundred thousand, 10^6 is one million, 10^7 is ten million, 10^8 is one hundred million, 10^9 is one billion