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Title 16 - Commercial Practices last revised: Nov 20, 2024
All TitlesTitle 16Chapter IPart 500 - PART 500—REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING ACT
View all text of Part 500 [§ 500.1 - § 500.29]
§ 500.18 - SI metric prefixes.

The following chart indicates SI prefixes that may be used on a broad range of consumer commodity labels:

Prefix Symbol Multiplying factor 1
Kilo-kx 10 3
Deca-da × 10
Deci-d × 10−1
Centi-c × 10−2
Milli-m × 10−3
Micro-µ × 10−6

1 10 2=100; 10 3=1000; 10−1=0.1; 10−2=0.01.

Thus, 2 kg=2 × 1000 g=2000 g, and 3 cm=3 × 0.01 m=0.03 m.

authority: 15 U.S.C. 1453,1454,1455
source: 59 FR 1872, Jan. 12, 1994, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 16 CFR 500.18
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