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.
One kilometre (or kilometer, as it is spelled in some places).
1,000 meter = 1 kilometer 300 meter = 0.3 kilometer
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.