Metric Staircase
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12 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 deca | 10 to the power of 1 (10) ten |
| hecto | 10 to the power of 2 (100) hundred |
| kilo | 10 to the power of 3 (1000) thousand |
| mega | 10 to the power of 6 (1,000,000) million |
| giga | 10 to the power of 9 (1,000,000,000) billion |
| tera | 10 to the power of 12 (1,000,000,000,000) trillion |
| deci | 10 to the negative power of 1 (.1) tenth |
| centi | 10 to the negative power of 2 (.01) hundredth |
| milli | 10 to the negative power of 3 (.001) thousandth |
| micro | 10 to the negative power of 6 (.000001) millionth |
| nano | 10 to the negative power of 9 (.000000001) billionth |
| pico | 10 to the negative power of 12 (.000000000001) trillionth |
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