Unit Converter
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 420 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 420 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
420 m → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 420 m × 0.001 km
L(km) = 0.42 km
The final result is:
420 m → 0.42 km
We conclude that 420 meters is equivalent to 0.42 kilometers:
420 meters = 0.42 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.3809523809524 × 420 meters.
Another way is saying that 420 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.3809523809524 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred twenty meters is approximately zero point four two kilometers:
420 m ≅ 0.42 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point three eight one times four hundred twenty 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
meters (m) | kilometers (km) |
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421 meters | 0.421 kilometers |
422 meters | 0.422 kilometers |
423 meters | 0.423 kilometers |
424 meters | 0.424 kilometers |
425 meters | 0.425 kilometers |
426 meters | 0.426 kilometers |
427 meters | 0.427 kilometers |
428 meters | 0.428 kilometers |
429 meters | 0.429 kilometers |
430 meters | 0.43 kilometers |