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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to meters per second is 0.277777777778, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.277777777778 meters per second:

1 km/h = 0.277777777778 m/s

To convert 0.5 kilometers per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 0.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.277777777778 m/s

0.5 km/h → V(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V(m/s) = 0.5 km/h × 0.277777777778 m/s

V(m/s) = 0.138888888889 m/s

The final result is:

0.5 km/h → 0.138888888889 m/s

We conclude that 0.5 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 0.138888888889 meters per second:

0.5 kilometers per hour = 0.138888888889 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 7.1999999999942 × 0.5 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 0.5 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 7.1999999999942 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point five kilometers per hour is approximately zero point one three nine meters per second:

0.5 km/h ≅ 0.139 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately seven point two times zero point five kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to meters per second

kilometers per hour (km/h) meters per second (m/s)
1.5 kilometers per hour 0.417 meters per second
2.5 kilometers per hour 0.694 meters per second
3.5 kilometers per hour 0.972 meters per second
4.5 kilometers per hour 1.25 meters per second
5.5 kilometers per hour 1.528 meters per second
6.5 kilometers per hour 1.806 meters per second
7.5 kilometers per hour 2.083 meters per second
8.5 kilometers per hour 2.361 meters per second
9.5 kilometers per hour 2.639 meters per second
10.5 kilometers per hour 2.917 meters per second