Unit 1.1.2 - SI Prefixes, Standard Form,and Converting Units

• The prefix determines the scale of a value
• Nano means times by 0.000000001
• Micro means times by 0.000001
• Milli means times by 0.001
• Centi means times by 0.01
• Kilo means times by 1000
• Mega means times by 100000
• Giga means times by 100000000
• Standard form is written in the format A x 10(^n)
• Conversion factor: a ratio expressing how many of one unit are equal to another unit
• Conversion equation:

  original value x conversion factor = converted value