Metric units mnemonic

Ever struggle to remember the order of the metric system unit prefixes? Here's a handy mnemonic I developed to keep them straight (read the last column as a sentence):

Value	Prefix	Symbol	Mnemonic
1024	yotta	Y	Young
1021	zetta	Z	zebra
1018	exa	E	eat
1015	peta	P	patiently
1012	tera	T	tended
109	giga	G	gardens,
106	mega	M	making
103	kilo	k	Kenyan
10-3	milli	m	Masai
10-6	micro	µ (mu)	mutter
10-9	nano	n	numerous
10-12	pico	p	pledges
10-15	femto	f	for
10-18	atto	a	assembling
10-21	zepto	z	zebra
10-24	yocto	y	yurts.

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