From: Loyd <loydlin@aol.com>
To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion
Date: 2001110214:03:13
Subject: Re: Terminology; International System of Units

On 2001110208:08:04, Darryl wrote:
>Please could you tell me the term used (ie Mega, Giga) for the number
>ten to the power thirteen.
>


There is no term for 10^13 in the System International System of Units
(SI).  All the prefixes represent powers of ten where the exponent is
divisible by 3 except centi- and hecto-  which represent 10^-2 and
10^2 respectfully.  

To represent 10^13 meters, use 10 terameters.  To represent 10^14
meters use 100 terameters.  When you get to 10^15 then you may use
1 petameter.

Take a look at this website for a better explanation of SI Units:

http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html

Post a reply to this message
Post a related public discussion message
Ask Teacher2Teacher a new question