Metric Numbers Charts

Common Big and Small Numbers

Name
trillion billion million thousand hundred ten unit tenth hundredth thousandth millionth billionth trillionth

The Number
1,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000 1,000 100 10 1 0.1 0.01 0.001 0.000 001 0.000 000 001 0.000 000 000 001

Prefix Symbol
tera giga mega kilo hecto deka deci centi milli micro nano pico T G M k h da d c m n P

Some Very Big, and Very Small Numbers

Name
septillion sextillion quintillion quadrillion quadrillionth quintillionth sextillionth septillionth 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 000 000 000 000

The Number
Very Big!

Prefix Symbol
Y Z E P f a z y

1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 yotta 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 zetta 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 exa 1,000,000,000,000,000 peta

Very Small!
000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 000 001 000 000 001 000 000 000 001 femto atto zepto yocto

All Big Numbers We Know

Name
Thousand Million Billion Trillion Quadrillion Quintillion Sextillion Septillion Octillion Nonillion Decillion Undecillion Duodecillion Tredecillion Quattuordecillion Quindecillion Sexdecillion Septemdecillion Octodecillion Novemdecillion Vigintillion Power of 10

All Small Numbers We Know

Name
thousandths millionths billionths trillionths quadrillionths quintillionths sextillionths septillionths octillionths nonillionths decillionths undecillionths duodecillionths tredecillionths quattuordecillionths quindecillionths sexdecillionths septemdecillionths octodecillionths novemdecillionths vigintillionths Power of 10

Decimal
1,000 1,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000 etc ...

Decimal
0.001 0.000 001 0.000 000 001 etc ...

103 106 109 1012 1015 1018 1021 1024 1027 1030 1033 1036 1039 1042 1045 1048 1051 1054 1057 1060 1063

10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12 10-15 10-18 10-21 10-24 10-27 10-30 10-33 10-36 10-39 10-42 10-45 10-48 10-51 10-54 10-57 10-60 10-63

Using Metric Numbers with "Meters"

Here is an illustration of sizes, from the very small (a Quark) to the very large (the known Universe). The sizes are in meters using metric numbers (just add the word "meter" after them, so you get "millimeter" etc):

The numbers (like 106) are in scientific notation : Example: 106 is a 1 followed by 6 zeros: 1,000,000. It is also called a million. The prefix is mega, so a megameter is a million meters. Example: 10-9 is a 1 moved nine places the other side of the decimal: 0.000 000 001 It is also called a billionth. The prefix is nano, so a nanometer is a billionth of a meter. Looking at the illustration you can see that a person is about 1 meter in size, a mountain is about 103 (one thousand) meters in size, and the Sun is about 109 (one billion) meters in size. We could also say the Sun is about a "gigameter" in size (it is actually 1.39210 9 meters, or 1.392 gigameters, or simply 1.392 Gm in diameter).

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