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 500 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 500 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
500 km → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 500 km × 1000 m
L(m) = 500000 m
The final result is:
500 km → 500000 m
We conclude that 500 kilometers is equivalent to 500000 meters:
500 kilometers = 500000 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-6 × 500 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 500 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-6 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred kilometers is approximately five hundred thousand meters:
500 km ≅ 500000 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times five hundred 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) |
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501 kilometers | 501000 meters |
502 kilometers | 502000 meters |
503 kilometers | 503000 meters |
504 kilometers | 504000 meters |
505 kilometers | 505000 meters |
506 kilometers | 506000 meters |
507 kilometers | 507000 meters |
508 kilometers | 508000 meters |
509 kilometers | 509000 meters |
510 kilometers | 510000 meters |