The following chart indicates SI prefixes that may be used on a broad range of consumer commodity labels: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Multiplying factor
Prefix Symbol \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------Kilo-............................ k x 10\3\Deca-............................ da x10Deci-............................ d x10-1Centi-........................... c x10-2Milli-........................... m x10-3Micro-........................... [micro] x10-6------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ 10\2\=100; 10\3\=1000; 10-1=0.1; 10-2=0.01.Thus, 2 kg=2x1000 g=2000 g, and 3 cm=3x0.01 m=0.03 m.