(A) A megabyte is 1,048,576 bytes or 1,024 kilobytes. It can be 873 pages of plain text (1,200 characters). The International System of Units(SI) defines the mega prefix as a 10 multiplier or one million(1,000,000) bits. The binary mega prefix is 1,048,576 bits or 1,024 Kb. The SI and binary differential is approximately 4.86 per cent.