Prefix Values All Relate to the BASE! you can have a kilogram, or a kilometer. In both cases you have a thousand of the base. (1000 grams and 1000 meters)

Mega M 1 Mega = 1,000,000 bases

kilo k 1 kilo = 1,000 bases

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centi c 1 base = 100 centi

milli m 1 base = 1000 milli

micro µ 1 base = 1,000,000 micro

nano n 1 base = 1,000,000,000 nano

pico p 1 base = 1,000,000,000,000 pico