.001 grams

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garder54

Active Member
prefix/exponential

kilo 10^3

deci 10^-1

centi 10^-2

milli 10^-3

micro 10^-6

nano 10^-9

pico 10^-12

femto 10^-15

if its positive the decimal goes to the right however many places the exponent is. negative it goes to the left
 
porchmonkey4life

porchmonkey4life

Well-Known Member
garder54 said:
prefix/exponential

kilo 10^3

deci 10^-1

centi 10^-2

milli 10^-3

micro 10^-6

nano 10^-9

pico 10^-12

femto 10^-15

if its positive the decimal goes to the right however many places the exponent is. negative it goes to the left
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so that would make 10 milligrams= .0010???
 
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garder54

Active Member
no you had it earlier with 10 milligrams reading as .01 grams. sorry if i confused you. i was just trying to tell you how those numbers come about.

a quick way to get conversions i just to type "10 milligrams in grams" to google. it has a built in calculator.
 
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