5 kilometers in meters

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 kilometers to meters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{km}=1000\mathrm{m}$

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

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

Conclusion: 5 ⁢ km = 5000 ⁢ m

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 meter is equal to 0.0002 times 5 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 5 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.0002}}$ meters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five kilometers is about five thousand meters, or alternatively, a meter is about zero times five kilometers.