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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>-4</sup>km | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>-4</sup>km | ||
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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1 [[centimetre]] 1(mm) | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1 [[centimetre]] 1(mm) | ||
| − | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Convert to ''' | + | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Convert to '''Kilometres''' x10<sup>-5</sup> |
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>-5</sup>km | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |1x10<sup>-5</sup>km | ||
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Revision as of 21:12, 25 March 2019
Contents
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A kilometre is a unit of distance equivalent to 1000 metres.
About Kilometres
- Kilometres are shortened to km with a lower case k and a lower case m.
- Kilometres are for distances larger than the distance between towns and cities.
Converting to Kilometres
| Unit | To convert | Kilometres |
| 1 Megametre (1Mm) | Convert to kilometres x1000. | 1000km |
| 1 kilometre (1km) | Convert to kilometres x1. | 1km |
| 1 metre (1m) | Convert to kilometres /1000. | 0.001km |
| 1 millimetre 1(mm) | Convert to kilometres /1000,000. | 0.000001km |
| 1 micrometre 1(µm) | Convert to kilometres /1000,000,000. | 0.000000001km |
| 1 centimetre 1(cm) | Convert to kilometres /100. | 0.00001km |
Key Stage 4
Meaning
Kilometres (km) are a unit of distance, displacement and wavelength 1,000 times larger than the SI Unit; the Metre.
About Kilometres
- Kilometres are shortened to km with a lower case k and a lower case m.
- Kilo means one thousand so there are 1,000 Metres in a kilometre.
Converting to Kilometres
| Unit | To convert | Kilometres |
| 1 megametre (1Mm) | Convert to kilometres x103 | 1x103km |
| 1 kilometre (1km) | Convert to kilometres x1 | 1km |
| 1 Metre (1m) | Convert to kilometres x10-3 | 1x10-3km |
| 1 decimetre 1(dm) | Convert to Kilometres x10-4 | 1x10-4km |
| 1 centimetre 1(mm) | Convert to Kilometres x10-5 | 1x10-5km |
| 1 millimetre 1(mm) | Convert to kilometres x10-6 | 1x10-6km |
| 1 micrometre 1(µm) | Convert to kilometres x10-9 | 1x10-9km |
| 1 nanometre 1(nm) | Convert to kilometres x10-12 | 1x10-12km |