Easy to understand! Used extensively in engineering and
science! Interpreted directly from many
calculators! Important to your study of electronics!
Actually a form of scientific notation Requires the exponent to be a multiple
of 3 Examples include: -6, -3, 6, 9 The most commonly used exponents are
assigned metric prefixes
Prefix Symbol Value Value
Giga G 10℮9 1,000,000,000
Mega M 10e6 1,000,000
Kilo k 10e3 1000
Milli m 10e-3 1/1,000
Micro Ч 10e-6 1/1,000,000
Nano n 10e-9 1/1,000,000,000
Pico p 10e-12
1/1,000,000,000,000
Bill is 1.9 meters in height To express Bill’s height in millimeters,
we would make multiply 1.9 by 1000 = 1900 mmPrefix Symbol Valu
eValue
Giga G 10℮9 1,000,000,000
Mega M 10e6 1,000,000
Kilo k 10e3 1000
Milli m 10e-3 1/1,000
Micro Ч 10e-6 1/1,000,000
Nano n 10e-9 1/1,000,000,000
Pico p 10e-12
1/1,000,000,000,000
A common power line voltage for electric distribution is 23,000 volts.
This is equivalent to 23 kilovolts (kv) or 0.023 megavolts (Mv)Prefix Symbol Value Value
Giga G 10℮9 1,000,000,000
Mega M 10e6 1,000,000
Kilo k 10e3 1000
Milli m 10e-3 1/1,000
Micro Ч 10e-6 1/1,000,000
Nano n 10e-9 1/1,000,000,000
Pico p 10e-12
1/1,000,000,000,000