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 48 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 48 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

48 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 48 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.048 km

The final result is:

48 m → 0.048 km

We conclude that 48 meters is equivalent to 0.048 kilometers:

48 meters = 0.048 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20.833333333333 × 48 meters.

Another way is saying that 48 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 20.833333333333 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

48 m ≅ 0.048 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty point eight three three times forty-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