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 797.2 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 797.2 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

797.2 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 797.2 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.7972 km

The final result is:

797.2 m → 0.7972 km

We conclude that 797.2 meters is equivalent to 0.7972 kilometers:

797.2 meters = 0.7972 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.254390366282 × 797.2 meters.

Another way is saying that 797.2 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.254390366282 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

797.2 m ≅ 0.797 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point two five four times seven hundred ninety-seven point 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