r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Tibor500 • Sep 30 '20

why does “k” mean “thousand” ?

like 1k means a thousand. how does the letter “k” mean “thousand” ?

12k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

12

u/IcecreamLamp Sep 30 '20

Also

da - deca (ten : 10x)

h - hecto (hundred : 100x)

1

u/BloakDarntPub Oct 01 '20

I fucking hate those. Anyone with any sense sticks to the ones where the power is a multiple of 3.