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Units
Name Symbol Value (scientific Notation) Value (Decimal) nano n 1x10-9 0.000000001 micro μ 1x10-6 0.000001 milli m 1x10-3 0.001 centi c 1x10-2 0.01
Standard Unit 1 1 kilo k 1x103 1,000
mega M 1x106 1,000,000 giga G 1x109 1,000,000,000
Converting units: Multiply unit you want to change by the conversion factor (ratio of unit of interest to unit you are eliminating). The units will divide out and you will be left with the unit of interest.
1 cm = 10 mm => ⎟⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
mmcm
101 or ⎟
⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
cmmm
110
This would be for converting mm to cm or for converting cm to mm respectively. Examples: How many cm are in 1 mm? in 1 m?
1 mm ⎟⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
mmcm
101 =
101 cm = 0.1 cm 1 m ⎟
⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
mcm
1100 =
1100 cm = 100 cm
How many m are in 1 cm, 1 mm?
1 cm ⎟⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
cmm
1001 =
1001 m = 0.01 m 1 mm ⎟
⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
mmm
10001 =
10001 m = 0.001 m
How many ml are in 100 L?
100 L ⎟⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
Lml
11000 =
1100000 ml = 100000 ml
How many megabytes (MB) are in 1 gigabyte (GB)?
1 GB ⎟⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
GBMB
11000 =
11000 MB = 1000 MB
Note: When multiplying units remember to convert each unit separately! How many m2 are there in 1 cm2?
1 cm2 ⎟⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
⎟⎠⎞
⎜⎝⎛
cmm
cmm
1001
1001 =
( )21001 m2 =
100001 m2 = 0.0001 m2