2007-04-21 07:35:01 · 14 answers · asked by jazzy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol km) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres, the current SI base unit of length. It can be written in scientific notations as 1×103 m (engineering notation) or 1 E+3 m (exponential notation) — both meaning 1,000 × 1 m.
nanometre <<< micrometre <<< millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre < decametre < hectometre < kilometre <<< megametre
A corresponding unit of area is the square kilometre and a corresponding unit of volume is the cubic kilometre.
In English, the word "kilometre" is often pronounced with the stress on the second syllable (ki-LOM-etre) - following the stress pattern that applies to measuring devices (barometer and thermometer) rather than to other multiples of the meter (millimeter, decimeter) or other SI units (kilogram).
1 kilometre = International units
1000 m 1 km
1×106 mm 10×1012 Å
6.685×10−9 AU 105.7×10−15 ly
US customary / Imperial units
39.37×103 in 3280.84 ft
1093.613 yd 0.621 mi
2007-04-21 22:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by neil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what does 1 km = m
2014-02-26 14:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A kilometre is 1000 meters. which as one of the other fellas below pointed out makes 0.621 statutue miles. The metric system was adopted by the world in 1970's. The theory was that everything divisble by 10 was easier than using imperial measurements.
2007-04-21 09:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by Kilty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm . . . Some non-JWs ask questions like these to get on JW specific websites and such. But I don't think that is the case here. KM means "Kingdom Ministry." It is a monthly newsletter-like publication that JWs get.
2016-05-20 04:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kilometers.
2007-04-23 10:46:27 · answer #5 · answered by 3lixir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kilometer
is them metric system unit to measure distance. Kilo means thousand meters. A meter is 1/10,000,000 distance from the equator to the north pole and equals approx. 3.28 ft. A kilo meter is a thousand meters which equals about 3,280 ft. or about .621 miles.
2007-04-21 08:09:29 · answer #6 · answered by Bob Dylan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
km means kilometer (its about 1000meter long)
they mesure river, lakes,roads,and people who jog they usd them to see how many km they going to jog.
2007-04-21 11:05:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
kilometers as everybody says, but one correction to Bob Dylans answer, if I may! a meter is not 1/10000000th
of the dstance, from equator to north pole.
All his other facts are correct and interesting...thank you...
2007-04-21 08:33:50 · answer #8 · answered by Dragon'sFire 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Join the metric revolution!
2007-04-21 09:53:02 · answer #9 · answered by mareeclara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kilometer. It is equal to 1,000 meters.
2007-04-21 07:37:29 · answer #10 · answered by Theophilus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋