How many meters per second in 500 kilometers per hour?

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to meters per second is 0.277777777778, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.277777777778 meters per second:

1 km/h = 0.277777777778 m/s

To convert 500 kilometers per hour into meters per second we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.277777777778 m/s

500 km/h → V_(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V_(m/s) = 500 km/h × 0.277777777778 m/s

V_(m/s) = 138.888888889 m/s

The final result is:

500 km/h → 138.888888889 m/s

We conclude that 500 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 138.888888889 meters per second:

500 kilometers per hour = 138.888888889 meters per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.0071999999999942 × 500 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 500 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0071999999999942 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred kilometers per hour is approximately one hundred thirty-eight point eight eight nine meters per second:

500 km/h ≅ 138.889 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero seven times five hundred kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to meters per second

kilometers per hour (km/h)	meters per second (m/s)
501 kilometers per hour	139.167 meters per second
502 kilometers per hour	139.444 meters per second
503 kilometers per hour	139.722 meters per second
504 kilometers per hour	140 meters per second
505 kilometers per hour	140.278 meters per second
506 kilometers per hour	140.556 meters per second
507 kilometers per hour	140.833 meters per second
508 kilometers per hour	141.111 meters per second
509 kilometers per hour	141.389 meters per second
510 kilometers per hour	141.667 meters per second

Conversion units

The units involved in this conversion are kilometers per hour and meters per second. This is how they are defined:

Kilometer per hour

The kilometre per hour (American English: kilometer per hour) is a unit of speed, expressing the number of kilometres travelled in one hour. The unit symbol is km/h. Worldwide, it is the most commonly used unit of speed on road signs and car speedometers. Although the metre was formally defined in 1799, the term "kilometres per hour" did not come into immediate use – the myriametre (10,000 metres) and myriametre per hour were preferred to kilometres and kilometres per hour.

Source: Wikipedia Topic: kilometer per hour

Meter per second

Metre per second (American English: meter per second) is an SI derived unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector quantity which specifies both magnitude and a specific direction), defined by distance in metres divided by time in seconds. The SI unit symbols are m·s−1, m s−1 or m/s sometimes (unofficially) abbreviated as "mps". Where metres per second are several orders of magnitude too slow to be convenient, such as in astronomical measurements, velocities may be given in kilometres per second, where 1 km/s is 1000 metres per second, sometimes unofficially abbreviated as "kps".

Source: Wikipedia Topic: meter per second