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 2998 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 2998 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

2998 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 2998 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 2.998 km

The final result is:

2998 m → 2.998 km

We conclude that 2998 meters is equivalent to 2.998 kilometers:

2998 meters = 2.998 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.33355570380254 × 2998 meters.

Another way is saying that 2998 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.33355570380254 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 ninety-eight meters is approximately two point nine nine eight kilometers:

2998 m ≅ 2.998 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point three three four times two thousand nine hundred ninety-eight 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