Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to meters is 1000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters:

1 km = 1000 m

To convert 12 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 12 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 1000 m

12 km → L_(m)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:

L_(m) = 12 km × 1000 m

L_(m) = 12000 m

The final result is:

12 km → 12000 m

We conclude that 12 kilometers is equivalent to 12000 meters:

12 kilometers = 12000 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 8.3333333333333E-5 × 12 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 12 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 8.3333333333333E-5 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve kilometers is approximately twelve thousand meters:

12 km ≅ 12000 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times twelve kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to meters chart

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