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 497.5 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 497.5 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

497.5 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 497.5 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.4975 km

The final result is:

497.5 m → 0.4975 km

We conclude that 497.5 meters is equivalent to 0.4975 kilometers:

497.5 meters = 0.4975 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0100502512563 × 497.5 meters.

Another way is saying that 497.5 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0100502512563 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

497.5 m ≅ 0.498 km

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