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 12 kilometers into meters we have to multiply 12 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
12 km → L(m)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:
L(m) = 12 km × 1000 m
L(m) = 12000 m
The final result is:
12 km → 12000 m
We conclude that 12 kilometers is equivalent to 12000 meters:
12 kilometers = 12000 meters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 8.3333333333333E-5 × 12 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 12 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 8.3333333333333E-5 meters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve kilometers is approximately twelve thousand meters:
12 km ≅ 12000 m
An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times twelve 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) |
---|---|
13 kilometers | 13000 meters |
14 kilometers | 14000 meters |
15 kilometers | 15000 meters |
16 kilometers | 16000 meters |
17 kilometers | 17000 meters |
18 kilometers | 18000 meters |
19 kilometers | 19000 meters |
20 kilometers | 20000 meters |
21 kilometers | 21000 meters |
22 kilometers | 22000 meters |