Convert Meters To Kilometers

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Facts about Meter

Basic facts: In Commonwealth spelling – metre, or in American spelling – meter. Metre [symbol: m] comes from the French unit mètre and from the Greek noun “measure”. Meter is the base unit of length and distance in SI [the International System of Units]. It is defined as the distance traveled by light in 1/299 792 458 of a second. The existing definition was adopted in 1983 and changed slightly in 2002 to clarify that the metre is a measure of proper length.

History: Initially, the meter was defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole, in 1793. This changed when the international prototype metre was established as the length of a prototype meter bar [made of an alloy of 90% platinum and 10% iridium] measured at the melting point of ice, in 1793. The meter was again redefined, this time in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86, In 1960. The existing definition of the meter is actually the same as the definition that was adopted in 1983, with slight changes due to the modification in the definition of the second.

Use: The meter is used worldwide (being the SI unit of length) in many applications such as measuring distance, height, length, width, etc. The US is one significant exception in that it mainly uses US customary units like yards, inches, feet, and miles rather meters in daily use.

Facts about Kilometer

Basic facts: A kilometer is a unit of length in the metric system, its symbol is “km”, it is equivalent to one thousand meters and 0.6214 miles. [kilo- is the SI prefix for 1000]. A slang term for the kilometer in the US, Canadian, and UK, militaries is “klick”.

History: The origin of the kilometer is related to that of the meter, and its present definition is the distance traveled by light in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The relationship between the meter and the kilometer will remain constant, although the above-mentioned definition is subject to change.

Use: Currently, it is the official unit of measurement for expressing distances between the world’s most geographical places on land. Though, there still remain some countries that mainly use the mile instead of the kilometer including the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US). The UK has adopted the metric system, unlike the United States, while in the UK, the metric system is widely used in government, industry, and commerce, rests of the imperial system can still be seen in the United Kingdom’s use of miles in its road systems.

How many kilometers in a meter? 

1 meter is equivalent to 0.001 kilometers. Use 0.001 as the factor to convert meters to kilometers. Below find some popular meters to kilometers conversion questions:

• How many kilometers in 2 meters?  2 meters x 0.001 = 0.002 number kilometers
• How many kilometers in 3 meters?  3 meters x 0.001 = 0.003 number kilometers
• How many kilometers in 5 meters?  5 meters x 0.001 = 0.005 number kilometers
• How many kilometers in 10 meters? 10 meters x 0.001 = 0.01 number kilometers
• How many kilometers in 20 meters? 20 meters x 0.001 = 0.02 number kilometers
• How many kilometers in 50 meters? 50 meters x 0.001 = 0.05 number kilometers
• How many kilometers in 100 meters? 100 meters x 0.001 = 0.1 number kilometers
• How many kilometers in 1000 meters? 1000 meters x 0.001 = 1 number kilometers

Meters to Kilometers Conversion Chart

Meters	Kilometers	Meters	Kilometers	Meters	Kilometers	Meters	Kilometers
1	0.001	26	0.026	51	0.051	76	0.076
2	0.002	27	0.027	52	0.052	77	0.077
3	0.003	28	0.028	53	0.053	78	0.078
4	0.004	29	0.029	54	0.054	79	0.079
5	0.005	30	0.03	55	0.055	80	0.08
6	0.006	31	0.031	56	0.056	81	0.081
7	0.007	32	0.032	57	0.057	82	0.082
8	0.008	33	0.033	58	0.058	83	0.083
9	0.009	34	0.034	59	0.059	84	0.084
10	0.01	35	0.035	60	0.06	85	0.085
11	0.011	36	0.036	61	0.061	86	0.086
12	0.012	37	0.037	62	0.062	87	0.087
13	0.013	38	0.038	63	0.063	88	0.088
14	0.014	39	0.039	64	0.064	89	0.089
15	0.015	40	0.04	65	0.065	90	0.09
16	0.016	41	0.041	66	0.066	91	0.091
17	0.017	42	0.042	67	0.067	92	0.092
18	0.018	43	0.043	68	0.068	93	0.093
19	0.019	44	0.044	69	0.069	94	0.094
20	0.02	45	0.045	70	0.07	95	0.095
21	0.021	46	0.046	71	0.071	96	0.096
22	0.022	47	0.047	72	0.072	97	0.097
23	0.023	48	0.048	73	0.073	98	0.098
24	0.024	49	0.049	74	0.074	99	0.099
25	0.025	50	0.05	75	0.075	100	0.1

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