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There are many numerical words, such as:

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

 

Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon

 

Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion

 

Unity, Duality, Trinity

 

Methane, Ethane, Propane

How are the prefixes chosen? Why are there so many prefixes for each number? For 1, there is:

  1. Prim-

  2. M-

  3. Un-

  4. Meth-

And that's only some of them. When do you use which prefix? This has always confused me.

There are many numerical words, such as:

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

 

Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon

 

Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion

 

Unity, Duality, Trinity

 

Methane, Ethane, Propane

How are the prefixes chosen? Why are there so many prefixes for each number? For 1, there is:

  1. Prim-

  2. M-

  3. Un-

  4. Meth-

And that's only some of them. When do you use which prefix? This has always confused me.

There are many numerical words, such as:

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon

Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion

Unity, Duality, Trinity

Methane, Ethane, Propane

How are the prefixes chosen? Why are there so many prefixes for each number? For 1, there is:

  1. Prim-

  2. M-

  3. Un-

  4. Meth-

And that's only some of them. When do you use which prefix? This has always confused me.

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There are many numerical words, such as:

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon

Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion

Unity, Duality, Trinity

Methane, Ethane, Propane

How are the prefixes chosen? Why are there so many prefixes for each number? For 1, there is:

  1. Prim-

  2. M-

  3. Un-

  4. Meth-

And that's only some of them. When do you use which prefix? This has always confused me. Any help will be appreciated!

There are many numerical words, such as:

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon

Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion

Unity, Duality, Trinity

Methane, Ethane, Propane

How are the prefixes chosen? Why are there so many prefixes for each number? For 1, there is:

  1. Prim-

  2. M-

  3. Un-

  4. Meth-

And that's only some of them. When do you use which prefix? This has always confused me. Any help will be appreciated!

There are many numerical words, such as:

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon

Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion

Unity, Duality, Trinity

Methane, Ethane, Propane

How are the prefixes chosen? Why are there so many prefixes for each number? For 1, there is:

  1. Prim-

  2. M-

  3. Un-

  4. Meth-

And that's only some of them. When do you use which prefix? This has always confused me.

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How are numerical prefixes chosen for words?

There are many numerical words, such as:

Primary, Secondary, Tertiary

Pentagon, Hexagon, Heptagon

Billion, Trillion, Quadrillion

Unity, Duality, Trinity

Methane, Ethane, Propane

How are the prefixes chosen? Why are there so many prefixes for each number? For 1, there is:

  1. Prim-

  2. M-

  3. Un-

  4. Meth-

And that's only some of them. When do you use which prefix? This has always confused me. Any help will be appreciated!