1000 meters in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 1000 meters to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{m}=100\mathrm{cm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 1000 ⁢ m = 100000 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 1e-05 times 1000 meters.

It can also be expressed as: 1000 meters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{1e-05}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: one thousand meters is about one hundred thousand centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times one thousand meters.