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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 491 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 491 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

491 m → L(km)

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

L(km) = 491 m × 0.001 km

L(km) = 0.491 km

The final result is:

491 m → 0.491 km

We conclude that 491 meters is equivalent to 0.491 kilometers:

491 meters = 0.491 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0366598778004 × 491 meters.

Another way is saying that 491 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0366598778004 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

491 m ≅ 0.491 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point zero three seven times four hundred ninety-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

meters (m) kilometers (km)
492 meters 0.492 kilometers
493 meters 0.493 kilometers
494 meters 0.494 kilometers
495 meters 0.495 kilometers
496 meters 0.496 kilometers
497 meters 0.497 kilometers
498 meters 0.498 kilometers
499 meters 0.499 kilometers
500 meters 0.5 kilometers
501 meters 0.501 kilometers