Unit Converter
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 400 meters into kilometers we have to multiply 400 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
400 m → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 400 m × 0.001 km
L(km) = 0.4 km
The final result is:
400 m → 0.4 km
We conclude that 400 meters is equivalent to 0.4 kilometers:
400 meters = 0.4 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.5 × 400 meters.
Another way is saying that 400 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.5 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred meters is approximately zero point four kilometers:
400 m ≅ 0.4 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point five times four hundred 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
meters (m) | kilometers (km) |
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401 meters | 0.401 kilometers |
402 meters | 0.402 kilometers |
403 meters | 0.403 kilometers |
404 meters | 0.404 kilometers |
405 meters | 0.405 kilometers |
406 meters | 0.406 kilometers |
407 meters | 0.407 kilometers |
408 meters | 0.408 kilometers |
409 meters | 0.409 kilometers |
410 meters | 0.41 kilometers |