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Can you name the prefixes for the International System of units?
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10
24
Y
10
21
Z
10
18
E
10
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12
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G
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6
M
10
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da
Factor
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10
-1
d
10
-2
c
10
-3
m
10
-6
ยต
10
-9
n
10
-12
p
10
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10
-18
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-21
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10
-24
y
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Metric System (SI) Prefixes Quiz
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Michael:
Sep 3rd, 2008 at 07:04 GMT
13 points
deca and deka are proper usage for da yet deca isn't registering.
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sharkatron300
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Oct 2nd, 2008 at 19:18 GMT
-27 points
i dont get it
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Bray
:
Nov 16th, 2008 at 17:43 GMT
-7 points
Darn. First try 11. I've never heard of zepto, yocto, deka, hecto, exa, peta. Should've got pico, deci and femto.
Lulu
:
Dec 4th, 2008 at 19:44 GMT
10 points
How did I miss kilo?
Dustfinger
:
Dec 6th, 2008 at 12:35 GMT
4 points
Someone Should consider a bonus for Myria which is ten- thousand
jkd:
Feb 4th, 2009 at 17:21 GMT
23 points
The two tiniest ones make me think of long-lost members of the Marx Brothers.
Rat
:
Mar 4th, 2009 at 01:22 GMT
5 points
Always get lost at the extremes and have to try zetto, zecto, zotto, and so on. Got there in the end. I'm astounded that more people got femto than peta. Does no one deal with petabytes of data?
DoubleUnderscore
:
Mar 24th, 2009 at 17:17 GMT
9 points
I deal with femto more than peta, but then I'm a biology student working with tiny little concentrations of stuff.
Kenneth
:
Apr 18th, 2009 at 02:56 GMT
3 points
I think for a little bit of an extra challenge, the abbreviations should be removed. Good quiz nonetheless.
Abhit
:
May 6th, 2009 at 01:24 GMT
3 points
Towards the end, the more difficult ones all sound like Marx brothers' names.
andrew430
:
Jun 15th, 2009 at 22:39 GMT
0 points
17/20, although I was about to give up with 14 before I noticed the symbols were also given, at which point I remembered femto, and somehow pulled out atto and zetta while playing around with various things I though could be answers.
Onno
:
Jun 22nd, 2009 at 17:51 GMT
6 points
Nice one, but why isn't this in Science like the other SI quiz?
mtc:
Dec 22nd, 2009 at 01:29 GMT
5 points
I'd say most people have never heard of the prefixes beyond 10^9 and 10^-9
ppirilla
:
Jan 26th, 2010 at 18:20 GMT
1 point
this quiz should probably be under science
corndog
:
Mar 3rd, 2010 at 05:53 GMT
-3 points
You should accept zeta, methinks. Good quiz, though!
gstring
:
Aug 22nd, 2010 at 05:32 GMT
8 points
Zorro...Zeppo...zero...Zippo...never mind.
singin185
:
Jan 24th, 2011 at 02:48 GMT
0 points
No Jiggawatts?
TWW2
:
Oct 24th, 2011 at 08:26 GMT
1 point
Technically there are since Jiggawatts was just a common mispronunciation of Gigawatts.
BossMonster
:
Mar 16th, 2012 at 14:18 GMT
2 points
I would have done so badly at this if not for the xkcd mnemonics comic.
merxes
:
Apr 28th, 2012 at 20:37 GMT
-1 points
too easy
mrsiriustab
:
Jun 9th, 2012 at 21:52 GMT
3 points
----byte and ----meter do me well.
sixtyone
:
Aug 5th, 2012 at 11:05 GMT
6 points
They forgot hella for 10^27.
dantx5
:
Jun 6th, 2013 at 03:07 GMT
1 point
That seems like a hella of a big number, sixtyone.
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