Unit Converter
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 17 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 17 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
17 km → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 17 km × 1000 m
L(m) = 17000 m
The final result is:
17 km → 17000 m
We conclude that 17 kilometers is equivalent to 17000 meters:
17 kilometers = 17000 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 5.8823529411765E-5 × 17 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 17 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 5.8823529411765E-5 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen kilometers is approximately seventeen thousand meters:
17 km ≅ 17000 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times seventeen 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
kilometers (km) | meters (m) |
---|---|
18 kilometers | 18000 meters |
19 kilometers | 19000 meters |
20 kilometers | 20000 meters |
21 kilometers | 21000 meters |
22 kilometers | 22000 meters |
23 kilometers | 23000 meters |
24 kilometers | 24000 meters |
25 kilometers | 25000 meters |
26 kilometers | 26000 meters |
27 kilometers | 27000 meters |