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    The document discusses the system of prefixes used in the International System of Units (SI units) to modify base units and create larger or smaller units of measurement. It explains that an SI unit is composed of a prefix, such as kilo- or milli-, multiplied by a base unit, like meter or second. The prefixes and their associated powers of 10 are listed, ranging from mega- (10^6) to pico- (10^-12), demonstrating how they scale the base units up or down in powers of 10.

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    The document discusses the system of prefixes used in the International System of Units (SI units) to modify base units and create larger or smaller units of measurement. It explains that an SI unit is composed of a prefix, such as kilo- or milli-, multiplied by a base unit, like meter or second. The prefixes and their associated powers of 10 are listed, ranging from mega- (10^6) to pico- (10^-12), demonstrating how they scale the base units up or down in powers of 10.

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    Metric Staircase

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    The document discusses the system of prefixes used in the International System of Units (SI units) to modify base units and create larger or smaller units of measurement. It explains that an SI unit is composed of a prefix, such as kilo- or milli-, multiplied by a base unit, like meter or second. The prefixes and their associated powers of 10 are listed, ranging from mega- (10^6) to pico- (10^-12), demonstrating how they scale the base units up or down in powers of 10.

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    SI

     Units  
     mega-­‐  
     
    Prefix  (cannot  stand  alone)  +  Base  Unit  (can  stand  alone)  

         kilo-­‐   Examples  of  Base  Units  

    meter  (m)  used  for  length  


    gram  (g)  used  for  mass  
         deka-­‐  
    second  (s)  used  for  time  
    Kelvin  (K)  used  for  temperature  
     BASE  
    mole  (mol)  used  for  amount  of  substance  
       deci-­‐   liter  (L)  used  for  volume  (derived  unit)  
    Decimal  to  right    
       centi-­‐  

       milli-­‐  
    Prefixes  to  make  Base  Units  
    larger  or  smaller  

    mega-­‐    (M)                                            106  


    micro-­‐   kilo-­‐    (k)                                                      103  
    Decimal  to  left  
    deka-­‐  (da)                                              101  
    deci-­‐    (d)                                                    10-­‐1  
    centi-­‐  (c)                                                    10-­‐2  
       nano-­‐   milli-­‐  (m)                                                    10-­‐3  
    micro-­‐  (u)                                                10-­‐6  
    nano-­‐  (n)                                                    10-­‐9  
    pico-­‐  (p)                                                        10-­‐12  
         pico-­‐    

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