Fractions of a meter
1 millimeter=1/1000th meter
milli stands for 1/1000
micro strands for one millionth
so a micrometer (called a micron) is 1/1000th of a millimeter
Multiples of a meter
1 kilometer is 1000 meters
1 megameter is 1,000,000 meters or 1,000 kilometers or 625 miles
To convert kilometers to miles divide the kilometers by 8 and multiply by 5 to get miles.
To convert miles to kilometers divide the miles by 5 and multiply by 8 to get kilometers.
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