TABLE A-6 METRIC PREFIXES EXPRESSED as POWERS of 10

Rules associated with powers of ten - h1011v1_81

TABLE A-6 METRIC PREFIXES EXPRESSED as POWERS of 10 - h1011v1_83

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METRIC SYSTEM AND POWERS OF TEN Basic Electrical Theory Table A-6 shows the metric prefixes expressed as powers of 10. TABLE A-6 METRIC PREFIXES EXPRESSED as POWERS of 10 Metric Prefix Power of 10 mega (M) 10⁶ kilo (k) 10³ milli (m) 10^-3 micro (µ) 10^-6 nano (n) 10^-9 pico (p) 10^-12 Electrical units can be expressed in different, but equivalent, units by using prefixes expressed in powers of 10. Examples: Express 780,000 W in Megohms (MW). 1W = 10^-6 MW 780,000 W = 780,000 W x 10^-6 = 0.78 MW Express 4.5 V in millivolts (mV). 1 V = 10³ mV 4.5 V = 4.5 x 10³ mV = 4500 mV ES-01 Page A-8 Rev. 0

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