2007-11-28 02:41:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
K stands for one thousand this comes from the prefix Kilo- meaning One thousand.
Often used in job adverts eg. 50K is £50,000 a year
2007-11-28 02:46:17 · answer #1 · answered by CTRL Freak 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
K stands for 1000 from kilo as in
kilogram -1000grams
kilometre - 1000metres
so 50K is 50 000
2007-11-28 10:49:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose the use of 'k' gained prominence after the scare of the late 1990's, commonly referred to as Y2K which meant year two thousand. 'k' stands for kilo, one of whose meanings is one thousand. Hence 50k would mean 50,000.
2007-11-28 12:43:06 · answer #3 · answered by greenhorn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People need to be careful with upper and lower cases.
K stands for Kelvin and Potassium
k means 1000.
M and m is even worse, m is a thousandth, whilst M is a million.
2007-11-28 12:17:37 · answer #4 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the metric system, K stands for Kilo, which means 1000.
So £1K is £1,000.
£K1M = £1,000,000 (........M=Mega= 1 million =1,000K)
2007-11-28 10:55:34 · answer #5 · answered by Almax 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it means thousand as in 1000.
2007-11-28 11:16:16 · answer #6 · answered by The Lost Elf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kilo, as in one thousand.
2007-11-28 10:51:19 · answer #7 · answered by Fistagon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It came from kangaroo's as every one of them is 1000 years old.
2007-11-28 10:47:53 · answer #8 · answered by max 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋