Metric Names for Numbers

Do you know what a polygon with 10^6 sides is, and how many sides it has? If you know the answers to this quiz, then guessing its name wouldn't be a problem for you!
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Scientific
Words
Prefix
Symbol
10^24
Septillion
Yotta
Y
10^21
Sextillion
Zeta
Z
10^18
Quintillion
Exa
E
10^15
Quadrillion
Peta
P
10^12
Trillion
Tera
T
10^9
Billion
Giga
G
10^6
Million
Mega
M
10^3
Thousand
Kilo
K
10^2
Hundred
Hecto
h
10
Ten
Deca
da
10^-1
Tenth
Deci
d
10^-2
Hundredth
Centi
c
10^-3
Thousandth
Milli
m
10^-6
Millionth
Micro
μ
10^-9
Billionth
Nano
n
10^-12
Trillionth
Pico
p
10^-15
Quadrillionth
Femto
f
10^-18
Quintillionth
Atto
a
10^-21
Sextillionth
Zepto
z
10^-24
Septillionth
Yocto
y
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4 Comments
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Level 55
Jun 21, 2016
Form micro you have to type "mu"
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Level 76
Dec 28, 2018
not bad, I missed kilo though... other than that the outer prefixes besides zeta. and quintillion(th) And somehow misspelled sextillion(th). So go 48/60 (which should have been 52)
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Level 57
Feb 1, 2020
it should be 'zetta' instead of zeta
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Level 88
Dec 4, 2022
Time to add ronna, quecca, ronto and quecto.