NOTATION UNIT SYMBOL EQUIVALENT
NOTATION UNIT SYMBOL EQUIVALENT
KILOLITER kL 1000 L
SQUARE
km² 1 000 000 m² Multiples HECTOLITER hL 100 L
KILOMETER
DECALITER daL 10 L
SQUARE
Multiples hm² 10 000 m² INTERNATIONAL
HECTOMETER LITER L 1L
SQUARE SYSTEM OF UNITS
dam² 100 m²
DECAMETER DECILITER dL 0.1 L
INTERNATIONAL SQUARE Submultiples CENTILITER cL 0.01 L
m2 1 m²
SYSTEM OF UNITS METER MILLILITER mL 0.001 L PHYSICS
SQUARE
PHYSICAL
dm2 0.01 m²
DECIMETER
Submultiples
SQUARE
CENTIMETER
cm2 0.0001 m² Units of mass
QUANTITIES
SQUARE NOTATION UNIT SYMBOL EQUIVALENT
mm2 0.000001 m²
MILLIMETER
KILOGRAM kg 1 000 g
Multiples HECTOGRAM hg 100 g
Units of volume
DECAGRAM dag 10 g
INTERNATIONAL Introduction to Physical Quantities and
GRAM g 1g
SYSTEM OF UNITS the International System of Units
NOTATION UNIT SYMBOL EQUIVALENT DECIGRAM dg 0.1 g
CUBIC 1 000 000 000 Submultiples CENTIGRAM cg 0.01 g
km³
KILOMETER m³ MILLIGRAM mg 0.001 g
CUBIC
Multiples hm³ 1 000 000 m³
HECTOMETER
CUBIC
DECAMETER
dam³ 1000 m³ Summary
INTERNATIONAL CUBIC
m3 1 m³ Physical quantities are measurable properties of
SYSTEM OF UNITS METER
bodies or phenomena.
CUBIC
dm3 0.001 m³ The International System of Units (SI) defines
DECIMETER
CUBIC standard units.
Submultiples cm3 0.000001 m³ There are fundamental quantities and derived
CENTIMETER
CUBIC 0.000000001 quantities.
mm3 Prefixes help express very large or very small
MILLIMETER m³
values.