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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 5 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 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

5 m → L(km)

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

L(km) = 5 m × 0.001 km

L(km) = 0.005 km

The final result is:

5 m → 0.005 km

We conclude that 5 meters is equivalent to 0.005 kilometers:

5 meters = 0.005 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 200 × 5 meters.

Another way is saying that 5 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 200 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5 m ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred times 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

meters (m) kilometers (km)
6 meters 0.006 kilometers
7 meters 0.007 kilometers
8 meters 0.008 kilometers
9 meters 0.009 kilometers
10 meters 0.01 kilometers
11 meters 0.011 kilometers
12 meters 0.012 kilometers
13 meters 0.013 kilometers
14 meters 0.014 kilometers
15 meters 0.015 kilometers