Metric Prefixes

What does the prefix milli- mean?

• 1000x smaller

• 1000x larger

• one million smaller

• one million larger

What does the prefix centi- mean?

• 100x smaller

• 1.000x smaller

• 10,000x smaller

• 10,000x larger

What does the prefix deci- mean?

• 10x smaller

• 10x larger

• 100x smaller

• 1,000x larger

What does the prefix micro- mean?

• 10x smaller

• 100x smaller

• 1,000x smaller

• 1,000,000x smaller

What does the prefix deca- mean?

• 10x larger

• 100x larger

• 1,000x larger

• 1,000x smaller

What does the prefix kilo- mean?

• 10x larger

• 100x larger

• 1,000x larger

• 1,000,000x larger

What does the prefix Giga- mean?

• thousand times larger

• million times larger

• billion times larger

• trillion times larger

What does the prefix Terra- mean?

• 1,000x larger

• 10,000x larger

• 1,000,000x larger

• 1,000,000,000,000x larger

What does the prefix Mega- mean?

• 1,000x larger

• 10,000x larger

• 1,000,000x larger

• 1,000,000,000x larger

How many meters in a kilometer?

• 1

• 10

• 1,000

• 1,000,000