# How many m are there in 8.92 km?

Mar 5, 2018

See a solution process below:

#### Explanation:

The conversion factor for kilometers to meters is:

$1 \text{km" = 1000"m}$

To find how many meters in 8.92 kilometers we can multiply each side of the equation by $\textcolor{red}{8.92}$

$\textcolor{red}{8.92} \times 1 \text{km" = color(red)(8.92) xx 1000"m}$

$8.92 \text{km" = 8920"m}$

There are 8,920 meters in 8.92 kilometers

Mar 5, 2018

$8.92 k m \times 1000 = 8920$ metres

#### Explanation:

In the metric system the units are converted by using powers of $10$. This means that to convert from one unit to another is simply a case of moving the decimal point.

In $1$ kilometre there are $1000$ metres .

In $8.92$ km there are $8.92 \times 1000 = 8920$ metres

Metres are smaller than kilometres, so there will more of them in a given distance.

To convert from metres to kilometres, do exactly the opposite: divide the number of metres by $1000$ to convert to kilometres.
Kilometres are bigger so there will be fewer of them in a given distance.