Units of Measurement   (pg.711)

Metric prefixes we will use:

If the prefix is:    G      "giga"      replace it with:    x 10 9      this is equal to:    x 1,000,000,000

If the prefix is:    M    "mega"     replace it with:    x 10 6      this is equal to:    x 1,000,000

If the prefix is:    k      "kilo"       replace it with:    x 10 3      this is equal to:    x 1,000

If the prefix is:    c      "centi"      replace it with:    x 10 - 2     this is equal to:    x 0.01

If the prefix is:    m      "milli"      replace it with:    x 10 - 3     this is equal to:    x 0.001

If the prefix is:    m      "micro"    replace it with:    x 10 - 6    this is equal to:    x 0.000 001

If the prefix is:    n      "nano"      replace it with:    x 10 - 9    this is equal to:    x 0.000 000 001