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Metric prefixes and their associated scale.

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base
states the whole is 1 unit
kilo   states the whole contains 1000 units  
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hecto   states the whole contains 100 units  
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deka   states the whole contains 10 units  
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base   states the whole contains 1 unit  
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deci   states the whole contains 0.1 or 1/10th unit  
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centi   states the whole contains 0.01 or 1/100th unit  
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milli   states the whole contains 0.001 or 1/1000th unit  
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