Chemistry
August 30, 2024
Go over metric prefixes
| M |
Mega |
1000000x |
106 |
million |
| K |
Kilo |
1000x |
103 |
thousand |
| Da |
Deka |
10x |
101 |
ten |
| |
base |
1x |
100 |
one |
| d |
deci- |
0.1x |
10-1
| one tenth |
| c |
centi- |
0.01x |
10-2 |
one-hundredth |
| m |
milli- |
0.001x |
10-3 |
one-thousandth |
| m |
micro- |
0.000001x |
10-6 |
one-millionth |
| n |
nano- |
0.000000001x |
10-9 |
one-billionth |
You are responsible to know these prefixes for the school
year:
Additionally,
1 cm3 = 1 mL = 1 cc
1 dm3 = 1 L
Conversion Factors
Practice solving dimensional analysis problems using
conversion factors.