Well, darling, 5 kilometers is greater than 5000 meters. Why? Because there are 1000 meters in a kilometer, so 5 kilometers is 5000 meters plus a little extra sass. Hope that clears things up for you, honey.
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No. They're the same distance.
1 km = 1000 meters
5 kilometers:
= 5 km * 1000 m/1 km
= 5000 meters
thus; 5 km = 5000 m
Convert everything to meters (1 kilometer = 1000 meters); then you can easily compare the measurements.
5000 cm is greater.
5000 cm equals 50 meters which is greater than 5 meters
5000 m
No, 5 kilometers equals 5000 meters (kilo is Greek for 1,000). 5000 millimeters equals 5 meters (milli is Latin for 1,000). Multiples of a meter are expressed in Greek and fractions of a meter are expressed in Latin.