3 d.p. Because 1.000km = 1000m
Answering "How many decimal places to the right do you move to change kilometer square to meter square?"
1/1000 0.001
Example: 100 cm = 1 m 1 cm = 0.01 m You have to change the decimal by two places depending on whether you are going from cm to m, which would be two places to left, or m to cm, which would be two places to the right.
1,000 meter = 1 kilometer 300 meter = 0.3 kilometer
One kilometre (or kilometer, as it is spelled in some places).
Answering "How many decimal places to the right do you move to change kilometer square to meter square?"
You move six decimal places
take the decimal, multiply it by a thousand(1000) eg 1.5km = 1km 500m
1 meter = 0.001 kilometer
0.001km=1m
Divide by 1000
Multiply by 1000
1/1000 0.001
divide by 1000 1 kilometer = 1000 meters 1 meter = 0.001 kilometer
A kilometer is equal to 1000 meters, so a meter is 1/1000th of a kilometer. To change meters to kilometers, divide by 1000 (move the decimal three places left).
A Kilometer is bigger than a meter
1 yard is equal to .9144 meter. Multiply .9144 times 100 and you get 91.44 meters (with 100 you shift the decimal to the right 2 places). With 1000 yards you shift the decimal over 3 places to get 914.4 meter and so on.