Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to meters is 1000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters:

1 km = 1000 m

To convert 490 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 490 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 1000 m

490 km → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 490 km × 1000 m

L_(m) = 490000 m

The final result is:

490 km → 490000 m

We conclude that 490 kilometers is equivalent to 490000 meters:

490 kilometers = 490000 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 2.0408163265306E-6 × 490 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 490 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0408163265306E-6 meters.

Approximate result

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

490 km ≅ 490000 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times four hundred ninety kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to meters