Measurement- Prefixes and Notation

Measurement- Prefixes and Notation

by Shawn Hoyte

​1 m = 0.000001 Mm

​1 A = 1,000,000,000 nA

​1 g = 100 cg

​1 s = 0.000,000,000,001 Ts

​1 F = 0.001 kF

​1 l = 10 dl

​1 V = 1000 mV

​15 km = ? Mm

​1000 m = 1 km

​1, 000, 000 m = 1 Mm

​Therefore: How many Mm make 1 km?

1000 / 1, 000, 000 = 0.001 Mm

​Therefore: 15, 000 / 1, 000, 000 = 0.015 Mm

​ANSWER = 0.015 Mm

​15 Mm = ? km

​1000 m = 1 km

​1, 000, 000 m = 1 Mm

​Therefore: How many km make 1 Mm?

1, 000, 000 / 1, 000 = 1,000 km

​Therefore: 15, 000, 000/1000 = 15, 000 km

​ANSWER = 15, 000 km

​15 cm = ? mm

​1 m = 100 cm

​1 m = 1000 mm

​Therefore: How many mm make 1 cm?

1000 / 100 = 10 mm

​Therefore: 15, 000/100 = 150 mm

​ANSWER = 150 mm

​3 km = 0.003 Mm

​1.56 A = 1,560,000,000 nA

​12.6 g = 1260 cg

​6, 640 s = 0.000,000,006,640 Ts

​34 F = 0.034 kF

​5.7 kl = 57,000 dl

​0.564761 TV = 564,761,000,000,000 mV