Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to kilometers is 0.001, which means that 1 meter is equal to 0.001 kilometers:

1 m = 0.001 km

To convert 2942 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 2942 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 0.001 km

2942 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 2942 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 2.942 km

The final result is:

2942 m → 2.942 km

We conclude that 2942 meters is equivalent to 2.942 kilometers:

2942 meters = 2.942 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.33990482664854 × 2942 meters.

Another way is saying that 2942 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.33990482664854 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand nine hundred forty-two meters is approximately two point nine four two kilometers:

2942 m ≅ 2.942 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point three four times two thousand nine hundred forty-two meters.

Conversion table

meters to kilometers chart

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