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- From: "jeff zeitlin" <jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com>
- Subject: si units quiz
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.798.18797@execnet>
- Reply-To: "jeff zeitlin" <jeff.zeitlin@execnet.com>
- Organization: Executive Networks Information
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 27 Jan 93 21:26:34 EST
- Lines: 32
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- DL::>Here's a quick SI units quiz. What is the multiplier for each of
- ::>the following prefixes. For extra credit, what is the symbol
- ::>(be careful, case is significant).
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- DL::> atto 1E-18 not sure of symbol
- ::> centi 1E-2 c
- ::> deca 1E1 da
- ::> deci 1E-1 d
- ::> exa 1E18 not sure of symbol
- ::> femto 1E-15 f
- ::> giga 1E9 G
- ::> hecto 1E2 h
- ::> kilo 1E3 k
- ::> mega 1E6 M
- ::> micro 1E-6 Greek lowercase/script "mu"
- ::> milli 1E-3 m
- ::> nano 1E-9 n
- ::> peta 1E15 not sure of symbol
- ::> pico 1E-12 p
- ::> tera 1E12 T
- ::> yocto )I do not believe that these
- ::> yotta )four actually exist. Please
- ::> zepto )cite sources.
- ::> zetta )
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