What is the prefix Deka equivalent to?

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Deka- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “ten.” It is primarily used in the names of metric units to indicate that the measure is ten times the size of the unit denoted by the base word.

What does the prefix Deka represent?

In the SI, designations of multiples and subdivision of any unit may be arrived at by combining with the name of the unit the prefixes deka, hecto, and kilo meaning, respectively, 10, 100, and 1000, and deci, centi, and milli, meaning, respectively, one-tenth, one-hundredth, and one-thousandth.

What is the prefix for 10-18?

atto

Prefix	Symbol	Meaning
nano	n	10-9
pico	p	10-12
femto	f	10-15
atto	a	10-18

What is the prefix for the factor 10 − 12?

pico p
Table 5. SI prefixes

Factor	Name	Symbol
10-9	nano	n
10-12	pico	p
10-15	femto	f
10-18	atto	a

What is the prefix for 10-3?

thousandth milli
The 20 SI Prefixes

Multiple	Amount	Prefix
10-3	1 thousandth	milli
10-6	1 millionth	micro
10-9	1 thousandth of a millionth	nano
10-12	1 millionth of a millionth	pico

What is the prefix for 10 10?

deca
The 20 SI Prefixes

Multiple	Amount	Prefix
101	ten	deca
Sub-multiple	Fraction	Prefix
10-1	1 tenth	deci
10-2	1 hundredth	centi

What is the prefix for 10 3?

What is the prefix meaning 10?

DECA. Prefix meaning ‘ten’

What is the prefix for 10-15?

femto
The 20 SI Prefixes

Multiple	Amount	Prefix
10-12	1 millionth of a millionth	pico
10-15	1 thousandth of a millionth of a millionth	femto
10-18	1 millionth of a millionth of a millionth	atto
10-21	1 thousandth of a millionth of a millionth of a millionth	zepto

What is the prefix for 9?

nona-

prefix	number indicated
hepta-	7
octa-	8
nona-	9
deca-	10

What is the prefix for 10 20?

The 20 SI Prefixes

Multiple	Amount	Prefix
Sub-multiple	Fraction	Prefix
10-1	1 tenth	deci
10-2	1 hundredth	centi
10-3	1 thousandth	milli