diff --git a/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h b/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h
index ddf18cce..1257e132 100644
--- a/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h
+++ b/src/core/include/units/magnitude.h
@@ -656,4 +656,26 @@ constexpr Magnitude auto as_magnitude()
          detail::prime_factorization_v<R.den>;
 }
 
+namespace detail {
+template<typename T, BasePower auto... BPs>
+constexpr ratio get_power(T base, magnitude<BPs...>)
+{
+  return ((BPs.get_base() == base ? BPs.power : ratio{0}) + ... + ratio{0});
+}
+
+constexpr std::intmax_t integer_part(ratio r) { return numerator(r) / denominator(r); }
+
+constexpr std::intmax_t extract_power_of_10(Magnitude auto m)
+{
+  const auto power_of_2 = get_power(2, m);
+  const auto power_of_5 = get_power(5, m);
+
+  if ((power_of_2 * power_of_5).num <= 0) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  return integer_part((detail::abs(power_of_2) < detail::abs(power_of_5)) ? power_of_2 : power_of_5);
+}
+}  // namespace detail
+
 }  // namespace units
diff --git a/test/unit_test/runtime/magnitude_test.cpp b/test/unit_test/runtime/magnitude_test.cpp
index 0715df8f..9fa0aa98 100644
--- a/test/unit_test/runtime/magnitude_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unit_test/runtime/magnitude_test.cpp
@@ -610,4 +610,30 @@ TEST_CASE("strictly_increasing")
   }
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("extract_power_of_10")
+{
+  SECTION("Picks out positive powers")
+  {
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(as_magnitude<10>()) == 1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(as_magnitude<20>()) == 1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(as_magnitude<40>()) == 1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(as_magnitude<50>()) == 1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(as_magnitude<100>()) == 2);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("Picks out negative powers")
+  {
+    constexpr auto ONE = as_magnitude<1>();
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(ONE / as_magnitude<10>()) == -1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(ONE / as_magnitude<20>()) == -1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(ONE / as_magnitude<40>()) == -1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(ONE / as_magnitude<50>()) == -1);
+    CHECK(extract_power_of_10(ONE / as_magnitude<100>()) == -2);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("Zero if signs disagree") { CHECK(extract_power_of_10(as_magnitude<2>() / as_magnitude<5>()) == 0); }
+
+  SECTION("Handles rational powers") { CHECK(extract_power_of_10(sqrt(as_magnitude<1000>())) == 1); }
+}
+
 }  // namespace