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 500.3 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 500.3 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

500.3 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 500.3 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.5003 km

The final result is:

500.3 m → 0.5003 km

We conclude that 500.3 meters is equivalent to 0.5003 kilometers:

500.3 meters = 0.5003 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9988007195683 × 500.3 meters.

Another way is saying that 500.3 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9988007195683 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

500.3 m ≅ 0.5 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point nine nine nine times five hundred point three 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