Convert kilometers to meters
¿You need to convert kilometers in meters?
With this tool you can convert kilometers to meters of a quick, easy, and free. Discover how many kilometers are a certain number of meters. Use this converter online to spend any amount of kilometers to meters immediately.
¿How it works the converter kilometers to meters?
Convert from kilometers to meters with this converter it is very easy and fast. You only have to indicate the quantity of kilometers you want to convert in the tool top and press the button of “Convert”. As easy as it is to know the equivalence of kilometers to meters.
¿What is the formula to convert from kilometers to meters?
To calculate how many meters are a defined number of kilometers you must apply the following formula:
km x 1000 = m
For example:
You have 5 kilometers we will convert to meters, applying the formula we have:
5 x 1000 = 5000 meters
Definition of kilometers
The kilometer is a unit used to measure lengths and that it is equivalent to a thousand meters. It is, therefore, one of the multiples of the unit known as metro. The symbol for kilometer is km, both in the singular and in the plural (1 km, 3 km, 568 km) and it is important to keep in mind that this is not an abbreviation; it does not have to be a point at the end.
Definition of meters
The metro is the unit of length in the International System, symbol m, equal to the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during 1/299 792 458 of a second; it is the base of the decimal metric system.