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 479.8 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 479.8 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

479.8 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 479.8 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.4798 km

The final result is:

479.8 m → 0.4798 km

We conclude that 479.8 meters is equivalent to 0.4798 kilometers:

479.8 meters = 0.4798 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0842017507295 × 479.8 meters.

Another way is saying that 479.8 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0842017507295 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

479.8 m ≅ 0.48 km

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