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 4001 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 4001 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

4001 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4001 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 4.001 km

The final result is:

4001 m → 4.001 km

We conclude that 4001 meters is equivalent to 4.001 kilometers:

4001 meters = 4.001 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.24993751562109 × 4001 meters.

Another way is saying that 4001 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.24993751562109 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4001 m ≅ 4.001 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point two five times four thousand one 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