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 72 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 72 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

72 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 72 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.072 km

The final result is:

72 m → 0.072 km

We conclude that 72 meters is equivalent to 0.072 kilometers:

72 meters = 0.072 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 13.888888888889 × 72 meters.

Another way is saying that 72 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 13.888888888889 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventy-two meters is approximately zero point zero seven two kilometers:

72 m ≅ 0.072 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirteen point eight eight nine times seventy-two 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