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 5001 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 5001 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

5001 km → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 5001 km × 1000 m

L_(m) = 5001000 m

The final result is:

5001 km → 5001000 m

We conclude that 5001 kilometers is equivalent to 5001000 meters:

5001 kilometers = 5001000 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 1.999600079984E-7 × 5001 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 5001 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.999600079984E-7 meters.

Approximate result

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

5001 km ≅ 5001000 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times five thousand one 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