| exponent | prefix | symbol | looks like... | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | yotta | Y | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 | |
| 21 | zetta | Z | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 | |
| 18 | exa | E | 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 | |
| 15 | peta | P | 1,000,000,000,000,000 | |
| 12 | tera | T | 1,000,000,000,000 | |
| 9 | giga | G | 1,000,000,000 | |
| 6 | mega | M | 1,000,000 | |
| 3 | kilo | k | 1,000 | |
| 2 | hecto | h | 100 | |
| 1 | deka | da | 10 | |
| 0 | 1 | |||
| -1 | deci | d | 0.1 | |
| -2 | centi | c | 0.01 | |
| -3 | milli | m | 0.001 | |
| -6 | micro | µ | 0.000001 | |
| -9 | nano | n | 0.000000001 | |
| -12 | pico | p | 0.000000000001 | |
| -15 | femto | f | 0.000000000000001 | |
| -18 | atto | a | 0.000000000000000001 | |
| -21 | zepto | z | 0.000000000000000000001 | |
| -24 | yocto | y | 0.000000000000000000000001 |
| exp | prefix | symbol | meters | seconds | grams | 24 | yotta | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | zetta | Z | Distance to Andromeda Galaxy: 19Zm | ||
| 18 | exa | E | Diameter of Milky Way Galaxy:900Em | ||
| 15 | peta | P | One LightYear: 9Pm | ||
| 12 | tera | T |   | Age of Universe: 450Ts | |
| 9 | giga | G | Distance to Sun: 150Gm | Human Recorded History: 180Gs Century: 3Gs | |
| 6 | mega | M | Circumference of Earth: 40Mm Distance across continental US: 5Mm LightSpeed: 300Mm/s | Year: 31Ms | |
| 3 | kilo | k |   | Day: 86Ks | Average human: 50kg |
| 2 | hecto | h | Sunlight to Earth: 5hs | ||
| 1 | deka | da | |||
| 0 | |||||
| -1 | deci | d | |||
| -2 | centi | c | |||
| -3 | milli | m | Typical '90s null-RPC: 5ms Light across continental US: 16ms | ||
| -6 | micro | µ | |||
| -9 | nano | n | Visible Light: 40-70nm '97 transister width: 250nm | ||
| -12 | pico | p | Angstrom: 100pm Diameter of Hydrogen atom: 120pm | -15 | femto | f |
| -18 | atto | a | |||
| -21 | zepto | z | |||
| -24 | yocto | y | Diameter of Proton: 1.7ym |