SI Base Units (GCSE)
SI Base Units (GCSE)
SI Base Units (GCSE)
SI Prefixes for Decimal Multiples Quantity Length Mass Time Electric current Thermodynamic temperature Amount of substance Luminous intensity
Factor Name
Symbol
In English
10
24
1021 1018 10
15
1012 109 106 103 102 101 100 10-1 10-2 10-3
Radian Steradian
SI Supplementary Units Plane angle (2D rad angle) Solid angle (3D sr angle) Mechanics
Pa J W N
yotta (gr. okto eight) zetta (lat. septem seven) exa (gr. ex - six) peta (gr. penta five) tera (gr. teras monster) giga (gr. gigas giant) mega (gr. megas great) kilo (gr. khilioi thousand) hecto (gr. hekaton hundred) deca (gr. deka ten) deci (lat. decimus tenth) centi (lac. centum hundredth) milli (lac. mille thousand) micro (gr. mikros small) nano (gr. nanos dwarf) pico (it. piccolo small) femto (den. femten fifteen) atto (den. atten eighteen) zepto (lat. septem seven) yocto (gr. okto eight)
Y Z E P T G M k h da
septillion sextillion quintillion quadrillion trillion billion million thousand hundred ten one tenth hundredth thousandth millionth billionth trillionth quadrillionth
d c m n p f a z y
Electromagnetism T kgs-2A-1 H kgm2s-2A-2 C As V kgm2s-3A-1 F S Wb kg-1m-2s4A2 kg-1m-2s3A2 kgm2s-2A-1 kgm2s-3A-3 Optics cdsrm-2 cdsr
Magnetic Field Inductance Electric Charge Voltage Electric Capacitance Electrical Conductance Magnetic Flux Electric Resistance
Lux Lumen
lx lm
10-24
Hertz Katal
Hz kat