Unit Prefixes

Here are some examples of the use of prefixes:

• 70 000 m can be written as 70 km (kilometre)

• 0, 001 g is the same as 1 × 10^−3 g and can be written as 1 mg (milligram)

• 2, 6 × 10^6 N can be written as 2, 6 MN (meganewton)