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Bravo Reference: SI Prefixes & Symbols  2004 by Sam C. Chan
 
Scientific
Notation
Spelled out in Full

English
 Words

SI
Prefix
SI
Symbol
1.0E+24
1.0E+21
1.0E+18
1.0E+15
1.0E+12
1.0E+9
1.0E+6
1.0E+3
1.0E+2
1.0E+1
1.0E-1
1.0E-2
1.0E-3
1.0E-6
1.0E-9
1.0E-12
1.0E-15
1.0E-18
1.0E-21
1.0E-24

1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
1 000 000 000 000 000 000
1 000 000 000 000 000
1 000 000 000 000
1 000 000 000
1 000 000
1 000
100
10
0.1
0.01
0.001
0.000 001
0.000 000 001
0.000 000 000 001
0.000 000 000 000 001
0.000 000 000 000 000 001
0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001

septillion (7)
sextillion (6)
quintillion (5)
quadrillion (4)
trillion (3)
billion (2)
million (1)
thousand
hundred
ten
tenth
hundredth
thousandth
millionth
billionth
trillionth
quadrillionth
quintillionth
sextillionth
septillionth
yotta
zetta
exa
peta
tera
giga
mega
kilo
hecto
deca
deci
centi
milli
micro
nano
pico
femto
atto
zepto
yocto
Y
Z
E
P
T
G
M
k
h
da
d
c
m
µ
n
p
f
a
z
y

Note: The English words here are based on the French short scale system adopted by United States (commonly referred to as the "American" system), as opposed to the French long scale system (commonly known as the "British" system).   See: A Billion is a Billion? for more details.

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