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Unit Conversions
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Base Units Meters Grams Second
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Large Measurements Prefix & Abbreviation Multiple of Base Unit Tera T
Giga G Mega M Kilo k Hecto h Deca da No prefix 1,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000 1,000 100 10 1
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Small Measurements Prefix & Abbreviation Fraction of 10 No prefix
Deci d Centi c Milli m Micro μ Nano n Pico p 1 /10 /100 /1000 /1,000,000 /1,000,000,000 /1,000,000,000,000
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Going Up, or Down?? If you are converting to a smaller unit, your answer should be larger than your given figure. If you are converting to a larger unit, your answer should be smaller than you given figure.
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Make a Number Line Tera Giga Mega Kilo Deca Hecto Base Unit deci centi milli micro nano pico
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Example 1: Convert 3 m to cm
3 m 100 cm 1 m For meters to cancel out, meters in the conversion factor must be on the opposite side of the fraction
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Convert 10 km to cm
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Convert 1,000,000 m to km
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