what does the K mean after a number? such as 260K?

Answer 1

It means thousand...like kilo.

so 260,000

Answer 2

K stands for thousands. So 260k would be 260,000.

So any number that has a K, add a comma and 3 zero's.

Answer 3

"K" is primarily an abbreviation for 'thousand'. There are of course varioations:

Acronym/Definition
K- Kalium (Potassium)
K- Kelvin (thermodynamic temperature scale)
K- Kilo- (thousand)
K- Kindergarten (as in K-12)
K- King (playing cards, chess)
K- Kosher (symbol on food labels)
K- OK/Okay
K- Boltzman Constant
K- Capital (economics)
K- Cathode (electronics)
K- Coefficient of Thermal Conductivity
K- Cologne (auto license plate)
K- Conductivity
K- Confidential Cryptographic (TMINS)
K- Contract
K- Curvature
K- Eastern Ontario (postal code designation, Canada)
K- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas (designates original point of circulation of a dollar bill)
K- K Language (Unix-Based programming language)
K- K-Mart (store)
K- Karat
K- Kell Blood Group
K- Kellogg's Corp (stock symbol)
K- Keratometric Reading (contact lens fitting term)
K- Kerrang! (British Magazine and TV Channel)
K- Kerry (Irish car registration)
K- Ketamine (animal tranquilizer/disassociative)
K- Key Generator
K- Key/Black (printing ink in CMYK model)
K- Kicker (football)
K- Killer (type of white blood cell)
K- Kilobyte
K- Kiloohm (resistor; electronics schematics)
K- Knit Stitch
K- Knot
K- Knowledge
K- Kompressor (band)
K- Ludwig von Köchel (publisher of catalog of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
K- Lysine (amino acid)
K- Okay
K- Over (logging abbreviation)
K- Permeability (physics)
K- Phylloquinone (vitamin)
K- Que (Spanish)
K- Special K (cereal)
K- Strikeout
K- Tanker Aircraft Designation (US military, as in KC-10)
K- US Offices in China Stamp (Scott Catalogue prefix; philately)
K- Wreck Less Than $50 Damage (Alabama Public Safety radio code)

Answer 4

Thousand. 260,000.

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

It means thousand.
250K = 260,000

Answer 7

it stands for thousand 260,000

Answer 8

thousand

Answer 9

thousand.

Answer 10

o.k. but who started using this stupid and confusing method?