42 meters in kilometers

Result

The conversion result is: 42 meters is equivalent to 0.042 kilometers.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 42 meters to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: 1 m = 0.001 km.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of kilometers.

1 m / 42 m = 0.001 km / x km

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x km = (42 m / 1 m) * 0.001 km → x km = 0.042 km

Conclusion:

42 m = 0.042 km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 23.8095238095238 times 42 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 42 meters is equal to 1 / 23.8095238095238 kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-two meters is about zero point zero four kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about twenty-three point eight zero times forty-two meters.