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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 1x10 3 1,000 mega M 1x10 6 1,000,000 giga G 1x10 9 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 => mm cm 10 1 or cm mm 1 10 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 mm cm 10 1 = 10 1 cm = 0.1 cm 1 m m cm 1 100 = 1 100 cm = 100 cm How many m are in 1 cm, 1 mm? 1 cm cm m 100 1 = 100 1 m = 0.01 m 1 mm mm m 1000 1 = 1000 1 m = 0.001 m How many ml are in 100 L? 100 L L ml 1 1000 = 1 100000 ml = 100000 ml How many megabytes (MB) are in 1 gigabyte (GB)? 1 GB GB MB 1 1000 = 1 1000 MB = 1000 MB Note: When multiplying units remember to convert each unit separately! How many m 2 are there in 1 cm 2 ? 1 cm 2 cm m cm m 100 1 100 1 = ( ) 2 100 1 m 2 = 10000 1 m 2 = 0.0001 m 2

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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