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 897 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 897 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

897 m → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 897 m × 0.001 km

L_(km) = 0.897 km

The final result is:

897 m → 0.897 km

We conclude that 897 meters is equivalent to 0.897 kilometers:

897 meters = 0.897 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1148272017837 × 897 meters.

Another way is saying that 897 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1148272017837 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

897 m ≅ 0.897 km

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