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How do the prefixes in the metric system relate to the basic units?

Answer 1

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The metric system is a base 10 system. This means that each successive unit is 10 times larger than the previous one. The names of metric units are formed by adding a prefix to the basic unit of measurement. To tell how large or small a unit is, you look at the prefix.

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Answer 2

The basic prefixes are kilo, hecto, deka, milli, centi, and deci. The kilometer is 1000 times larger than the base unit, the meter. The hecto is 100 times larger and the deka is 10 times larger than the base unit.

In the metric system of measurement, designations of multiples and subdivision of any unit may be arrived at by combining with the name of the unit the prefixes deka, hecto, and kilo meaning, respectively, 10, 100, and 1000, and deci, centi, and milli, meaning, respectively, one-tenth, one-hundredth, and one-thousandth ...

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