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What do milli centi and micro mean?
Centi- = one hundredth Milli- = one thousandth Micro- = one millionth
What metric unit is based on units of 10?
Prefixes based on powers of 10 can be used with any SI (metric) unit. Some of the common prefixes are: Deka (10) Hekto (100) deci (1/10) centi (1/100) kilo (1000 Mega (million) milli (1/1000) micro (1/1,000,000)
Which one is larger megagram or centigram?
Please take a look at the Wikipedia article "SI prefixes". There you can see the values of prefixes such as "mega", "kilo", and others. The prefixes are the same for all units. For example, "micro" always means a millionth, whether it is applied to gram, to hertz, to seconds, etc.
What are metric prefixes from smallest to largest?
They are yocto (septillionth) zepto (sextillionth) atto (quintillionth) femto (quadrillionth) pico (trillionth) nano (billionth) micro (millionth) milli (thousandth) centi (hundredth) deci (tenth) UNIT deca (ten) hecto (hundred) kilo (thousand) mega (million) giga (billion) tera (trillion) peta (quadrillion) exa (quintillion) zetta (sextillion) yotta (septillion).
List of greatest to least in metric system?
Some prefixes, which you use with any unit, are:Tera (10 to the power 12)Giga (10 to the power 9)Mega (10 to the power 6)Kilo (10 to the power 3)Hekto (10 to the power 2)Deka (10 to the power 1)Deci (10 to the power -1)Centi (10 to the power -2)Milli (10 to the power -3)Micro (10 to the power -6)Nano (10 to the power -9)Pico (10 to the power -12)You can find a more complete list at the Wikipedia, in the article "SI prefixes".
