Prefix Conversion Calculator

Metric prefixes are standardized multipliers used in the SI system: 1) Kilo (k) = 1000, 2) Mega (M) = 1,000,000, 3) Giga (G) = 1,000,000,000, 4) Milli (m) = 0.001, 5) Micro (µ) = 0.000001. They help express very large or small quantities.

SI prefixes use powers of 10 (kilo = 10³), while binary prefixes use powers of 2 (kibi = 2¹⁰). For example: 1 kilobyte = 1000 bytes, but 1 kibibyte = 1024 bytes. Binary prefixes are commonly used in computing.

To convert between metric prefixes: 1) Identify the power difference between prefixes, 2) Multiply or divide by the appropriate power of 10, 3) For example, to convert kilo to mega, divide by 1000 since mega is 1000 times larger than kilo.