Numbers and measurements/Distance measurements

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Distance is either length, or how we understand it in everyday life. Like the height of your car or how much you can walk in an hour. This page will contain the metric system.

Less than 1 meter[edit | edit source]

Decimeter: 0.1m, 10^-1m
Centimeter: 0.01m,  10^-2m
Millimeter: 0.001m, 10^-3m
Micrometer: 0.000001m, 10^-6m
Nanometer: 0.000000001m, 10^-9m
Picometer: 0.000000000001m, 10^-12m
Fermometer: 0.000000000000001m, 10^-15m

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More than 1 meter[edit | edit source]

Decameter: 10^1m
???: 10^2m
Kilometer: 10^3m
Megameter: 10^6m

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