Convert Centi to Pico

Centi (c) to Pico (p) SI prefix conversion — enter any value below to get an instant result, or use the table for common values.

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Value

From

Result

1 c = 1E+10 p

1 Centi = 1E+10 Pico

1 Pico = 1E-10 Centi

1 c in every supported prefix

Conversion chart: Centi to Pico

Conversion table

Centi (c)	Pico (p)
0.01 c	1E+08 p
0.1 c	1E+09 p
1 c	1E+10 p
2 c	2E+10 p
3 c	3E+10 p
5 c	5E+10 p
10 c	1E+11 p
20 c	2E+11 p
50 c	5E+11 p
100 c	1E+12 p
1000 c	1E+13 p

Centi (c)

Definition: An SI prefix denoting a factor of 10⁻² — one hundredth of the base unit.

History: One of the original six metric prefixes adopted in France in 1795, from the Latin 'centum' (hundred).

Current use: Extremely common in everyday measurement — centimeters for length and centiliters for small liquid volumes are used worldwide.

Pico (p)

Definition: An SI prefix denoting a factor of 10⁻¹² — one trillionth of the base unit.

History: Adopted by the CGPM in 1960 alongside nano-, extending the SI's small-scale prefixes as electronics and physics needed to describe ever-tinier quantities.

Current use: Common in electronics (picofarads for small capacitors) and in describing extremely short time intervals (picoseconds) in laser and telecommunications research.

Supported Units

Prefix	Symbol	Multiplier (× base)
Yotta	Y	1E+24
Zetta	Z	1E+21
Exa	E	1E+18
Peta	P	1E+15
Tera	T	1E+12
Giga	G	1E+09
Mega	M	1000000
Kilo	k	1000
Hecto	h	100
Deka	da	10
None (base unit)	—	1
Deci	d	0.1
Centi	c	0.01
Milli	m	0.001
Micro	µ	1E-06
Nano	n	1E-09
Pico	p	1E-12
Femto	f	1E-15
Atto	a	1E-18
Zepto	z	1E-21
Yocto	y	1E-24

About These Parameters

Value: The number of "From" prefix units you want to re-express in the "To" prefix. Since prefixes are just multiplier scales, this value can represent anything from a physical quantity's leading digits to a plain abstract number.
From Unit: The SI prefix your value is currently scaled by — for example, the "kilo" in "kilogram" or the "nano" in "nanosecond," entered here without the base unit attached.
To Unit: The SI prefix you want the value re-expressed in. Use the swap button to flip From and To instantly, handy when converting a datasheet figure from one prefix scale to another.

How Prefix Conversion Works

The Formula

Every SI prefix is defined by a fixed power-of-ten multiplier relative to the unprefixed base value. To convert a value from one prefix scale to another:

result = value × (multiplier of "From" prefix ÷ multiplier of "To" prefix)

For Centi → Pico: multiply by 1E+10. For example, 1 c × 1E+10 = 1E+10 p.

A History of Powers of Ten

The original six metric prefixes — kilo, hecto, deka, deci, centi, milli — were adopted by the French Academy of Sciences in 1795 alongside the metric system itself. As science and industry needed to describe ever-larger and ever-smaller quantities, the CGPM (Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures) extended the table repeatedly: mega and micro in 1960 when the modern SI was formalized, giga and nano the same year, tera and pico following soon after, then peta/femto (1975), exa/atto (1975), and finally zetta/zepto and yotta/yocto in 1991 — the classical range covered on this page. In 2022 the CGPM went further still, adding ronna/ronto and quetta/quecto to keep pace with data-storage and astrophysical quantities that had begun to outgrow even yotta.

Why a Prefix-Only Converter Is Useful

Every other unit converter on this site attaches these same prefixes to one specific base unit — grams, watts, bytes, farads — because that's how the prefix is actually used in practice. But the underlying math of "how much bigger is giga than mega" never changes no matter which unit it's modifying, so it's often faster to reason about the prefix scale on its own: quickly checking that a "giga" figure is a billion and not a million, or converting a "nano" measurement from one datasheet into the "micro" scale used by a different one, without needing to know or care what physical quantity either figure describes.

Example

1 c equals 1E+10 p. Whatever base unit these prefixes are actually attached to — grams, bytes, watts, seconds — the same multiplier ratio applies: 1 kilo- is always 1,000 times 1 (unprefixed), and 1 mega- is always 1,000 times 1 kilo-, regardless of the quantity being measured.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Pico are in 1 Centi?

1 Centi (c) equals exactly 1E+10 Pico (p).

Is giga a billion or a million?

Giga is always a billion (10⁹) times the base unit — a common point of confusion is with "mega," which is a million (10⁶). The two are frequently mixed up in casual conversation about data storage and computing speed, which is exactly the kind of mistake this converter is designed to catch.

Does this converter work for any unit, like grams or bytes?

Yes — this converter deliberately ignores the underlying unit and works purely with the multiplier scale. "1 kilo- to mega-" gives the same ratio (0.001) whether you mentally attach it to grams, watts, bytes, or any other quantity, because the prefix's multiplier is independent of what it's modifying.

What does "None (base unit)" mean in the unit list?

"None (base unit)" represents a value with no prefix attached at all — a plain gram, meter, or watt rather than a kilogram, kilometer, or milliwatt. It's included so you can convert directly between an unprefixed value and any prefixed scale, such as figuring out how many kilo- units equal one plain (unprefixed) unit.

Are ronna, ronto, quetta, and quecto included here?

Not yet — this page covers the classical SI prefix range from yotta (10²⁴) down to yocto (10⁻²⁴), which was complete from 1991 until 2022. The newer 2022 additions (ronna/ronna-, quetta/quecto) sit beyond even yotta and yocto and aren't included in this table.

Convert Centi to Other Prefixes

Possible Prefix Conversions

Hecto to Nano Deka to Deci None (base unit) to Exa Deci to Peta Peta to Hecto Tera to Deka Milli to Deci Yocto to Yotta Femto to Giga Zepto to Kilo Deka to Tera Milli to Mega Deka to Hecto Deka to Nano Tera to Atto Hecto to Milli Milli to Micro Centi to Yocto Centi to Zepto Kilo to Yotta Yotta to Peta Yotta to Micro Hecto to Zepto Tera to Pico Hecto to None (base unit) Deka to Femto Peta to Femto Yocto to Hecto Deci to Deka Zepto to Deci Micro to Hecto Giga to Femto Mega to Micro Exa to Zepto Pico to None (base unit) Kilo to Yocto Pico to Centi Micro to Centi None (base unit) to Nano Exa to Hecto Zepto to Hecto Micro to Atto Zetta to Zepto Nano to Kilo Zetta to Yotta Micro to Giga Pico to Yocto Hecto to Giga None (base unit) to Mega Deci to Centi Femto to Nano Tera to Peta Deci to Milli Milli to Yocto Centi to Milli Yotta to Atto Micro to Mega Zepto to Exa Deka to Zetta Peta to Milli Micro to Zepto Kilo to Tera Pico to Deci Nano to Zepto Kilo to Deci None (base unit) to Giga Deka to Milli Deci to Zetta Femto to Yocto Femto to None (base unit) Zetta to Pico Deci to Mega Pico to Nano Exa to None (base unit) Nano to Tera Hecto to Mega Pico to Atto Tera to Kilo Yotta to Exa Deka to Exa Tera to Nano Deci to Nano Zepto to Micro Milli to Exa Atto to Tera Mega to Pico Zepto to Mega Femto to Deci Zepto to Femto Nano to Centi Tera to Giga Hecto to Exa Yotta to Giga Atto to Milli Kilo to Milli Zepto to Nano Kilo to Zepto Milli to Zepto Exa to Atto Tera to Milli Milli to Hecto Nano to Yocto None (base unit) to Pico Deci to Femto Femto to Tera Yocto to Peta Giga to Pico Femto to Peta Peta to Zetta None (base unit) to Micro Yotta to Milli Peta to Giga Nano to Femto Pico to Hecto Exa to Deci Pico to Mega Centi to Exa Kilo to Exa Pico to Zetta Nano to Peta Femto to Zetta Pico to Micro Centi to Yotta Micro to Kilo Atto to Giga Kilo to Femto Milli to Deka Centi to Nano Zetta to Atto Yocto to Atto Tera to Zetta Zetta to Kilo Atto to Kilo Hecto to Atto Peta to Atto Giga to Tera Centi to Peta Deci to Giga Deci to Hecto Mega to Giga Femto to Micro Giga to Centi Deka to Yotta Zepto to Milli Milli to Zetta Micro to Tera Zepto to None (base unit) Pico to Zepto Zepto to Yotta Zetta to Peta Yocto to Deka Exa to Centi Peta to Yocto Mega to Nano Atto to Yotta Giga to Kilo Mega to Zetta Exa to Mega Deci to Yotta Giga to Zetta Yocto to Micro Pico to Milli Yotta to Tera Femto to Deka Deci to Pico Micro to Femto Tera to Yocto Milli to Femto Zetta to Giga Nano to Hecto Atto to Nano Micro to Exa Tera to Exa Yocto to Tera Kilo to Pico Milli to None (base unit) Micro to Yotta Zepto to Pico Yotta to Deci Tera to Deci Atto to Femto None (base unit) to Peta Femto to Centi Giga to Peta Tera to None (base unit) Tera to Mega Nano to Pico Yocto to Milli Atto to Pico Nano to Exa Milli to Atto Femto to Exa Zepto to Zetta Tera to Micro Deka to Yocto Mega to Tera Hecto to Peta Deka to Kilo Deka to None (base unit) Femto to Yotta Atto to None (base unit) Peta to Tera Hecto to Zetta Femto to Milli Kilo to Atto Femto to Hecto Yotta to Nano Hecto to Deci Deka to Centi Centi to Deka Deci to Yocto Deci to Tera Mega to Exa Kilo to Micro Zepto to Tera Atto to Hecto Giga to Milli Mega to Atto None (base unit) to Kilo Mega to Hecto Yotta to Centi Deka to Zepto None (base unit) to Hecto Zepto to Atto Milli to Giga Milli to Centi Femto to Zepto Zetta to Nano Centi to Micro Tera to Hecto Nano to Zetta Giga to None (base unit) Femto to Mega Deka to Pico Kilo to None (base unit) Milli to Tera Mega to Milli Zetta to Deci Giga to Deka Nano to Yotta Atto to Exa Centi to Femto Giga to Mega Deci to Kilo Micro to Deka Nano to Giga Mega to Yocto Deci to Exa Tera to Femto Giga to Yocto Yotta to Yocto Mega to Zepto Nano to Milli Yotta to Deka Femto to Kilo Atto to Yocto Centi to Zetta Hecto to Yotta Mega to Femto Micro to Zetta Kilo to Deka Tera to Zepto Exa to Zetta Nano to Deci None (base unit) to Atto Deci to Zepto Pico to Kilo Pico to Tera Nano to Deka Exa to Peta Zepto to Centi Kilo to Giga Zetta to Hecto Yocto to Pico Zepto to Giga Hecto to Pico Zepto to Deka Mega to None (base unit) Nano to Mega Nano to Micro Yotta to None (base unit) Micro to Yocto Giga to Yotta Deka to Giga Milli to Kilo Mega to Yotta Atto to Micro Mega to Deka Yotta to Mega Yocto to Zetta Giga to Hecto Yocto to Deci Zetta to None (base unit) None (base unit) to Centi Exa to Yocto Centi to Deci Centi to Atto Pico to Giga Exa to Milli Peta to Nano Mega to Peta Mega to Centi Deka to Atto Yotta to Hecto Milli to Peta Giga to Micro None (base unit) to Deka Giga to Nano Pico to Deka Pico to Exa Yotta to Femto Micro to Milli Exa to Deka Atto to Mega Zepto to Peta None (base unit) to Zepto None (base unit) to Yotta Centi to Hecto None (base unit) to Deci Hecto to Kilo Zetta to Centi Hecto to Deka Exa to Micro Zetta to Mega Yocto to Nano Exa to Yotta Nano to Atto Tera to Yotta Yocto to Zepto Micro to Deci Kilo to Peta Zetta to Tera Hecto to Centi Tera to Centi Kilo to Mega Micro to Peta Atto to Zepto Micro to Pico Zetta to Yocto None (base unit) to Zetta Atto to Zetta Centi to Kilo Yotta to Pico Giga to Deci Nano to None (base unit) Yotta to Zetta None (base unit) to Yocto Peta to Exa Hecto to Femto Exa to Nano Peta to Centi Milli to Nano Zetta to Deka Micro to Nano Zetta to Femto Peta to Micro Zetta to Milli Peta to Yotta Deci to None (base unit) Centi to None (base unit) Femto to Atto Peta to Zepto Yotta to Kilo Micro to None (base unit) Deci to Micro Atto to Peta Zetta to Exa Yocto to Kilo Exa to Pico Kilo to Nano Yocto to Exa Femto to Pico Milli to Pico Zepto to Yocto Milli to Yotta Peta to Deci Exa to Femto Mega to Kilo Centi to Tera Deka to Mega Hecto to Micro Centi to Mega Peta to Kilo Atto to Centi Centi to Pico Yotta to Zepto Peta to None (base unit) Yocto to Femto Deka to Peta Yocto to Giga Giga to Exa Exa to Kilo Peta to Pico Hecto to Yocto Giga to Atto None (base unit) to Tera Mega to Deci Pico to Peta Pico to Yotta Hecto to Tera Atto to Deci Yocto to Centi Yocto to Mega None (base unit) to Milli Kilo to Centi Peta to Mega Deka to Micro Peta to Deka Centi to Giga Giga to Zepto Exa to Giga Kilo to Hecto Exa to Tera None (base unit) to Femto Yocto to None (base unit) Deci to Atto Atto to Deka Kilo to Zetta Pico to Femto Zetta to Micro