Unit Converter
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 50 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 50 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
50 km → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 50 km × 1000 m
L(m) = 50000 m
The final result is:
50 km → 50000 m
We conclude that 50 kilometers is equivalent to 50000 meters:
50 kilometers = 50000 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 2.0E-5 × 50 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 50 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-5 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty kilometers is approximately fifty thousand meters:
50 km ≅ 50000 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times fifty 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
kilometers (km) | meters (m) |
---|---|
51 kilometers | 51000 meters |
52 kilometers | 52000 meters |
53 kilometers | 53000 meters |
54 kilometers | 54000 meters |
55 kilometers | 55000 meters |
56 kilometers | 56000 meters |
57 kilometers | 57000 meters |
58 kilometers | 58000 meters |
59 kilometers | 59000 meters |
60 kilometers | 60000 meters |