Meter (abbreviation: m): is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum within 1/299792458 seconds.
Kilometer (abbreviation: km): is a unit of length in the SI metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo- being the prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world countries.
How to Convert Meters to Kilometers
Example: How many kilometers are equivalent to 72.37 meters?
As;
1 meters = 0.001 kilometers
72.37 meters = Y kilometers
Assuming Y is the answer, and by criss-cross principle;
Y equals 72.37 times 0.001 over 1
(i.e.) Y = 72.37 * 0.001 / 1 = 0.07237 kilometers
Answer is: 0.07237 kilometers are equivalent to 72.37 meters.
Practice Question: Convert the following units into km:
N.B.: After working out the answer to each of the next questions, click adjacent button to see the correct answer.
( i ) 47.84 m
( ii ) 42.36 m
( iii ) 35.91 m
