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Metric Prefixes
Here is a table of metric prefixes: 
atto (a)        10-18	 0.000 000 000 000 000 001
fempto (f)      10-15	 0.000 000 000 000 001
pico (p)        10-12	 0.000 000 000 001
nano (n)        10-9	 0.000 000 001
micro (u)       10-6	 0.000 001
milli (m)       10-3	 0.001
centi (c)       10-2	 0.01
deci (d)        10-1	 0.1
SI UNIT	         0	 1
deka (da)       101	 10
hecto (h)       102	 100
kilo (k)        103	 1,000
mega (M)        106	 1,000,000
giga (G)        109	 1,000,000,000
tera (T)        1012	 1,000,000,000,000
peta (P)        1015	 1,000,000,000,000,000
exa (E)	        1018	 1,000,000,000,000,000,000




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