Question

How do you convert 23 kilometers to meters.

Answer 1

Hint: In the given problem, we should know the conversion formula from kilometres to meters. By using the conversion formula, we are able to convert any given data from kilometres to meters. Sometimes, there may be different units given in the problem. For example, they may ask to convert meters to centimetres or centimetres to meters, meters to kilometres, centimetres to kilometres, kilometres to centimetres. For all above conversion, we have to use the following formula so that we can easily convert given data into its required units. Now, we can proceed to solve the question.
Formula used:
\[1\]kilometer \[ = 1000\]meters
\[1\]meter \[ = 100\]centimeters

Complete step by step answer:
Firstly, we are writing the given data which we have to convert as following,
\[ = 23\]kilometers
Now, we have to select the formula which we have required to convert the above given data into required units. The formula can be written as following,
\[ \Rightarrow \]\[1\]kilometer \[ = 1000\]meters
Now, we know the value of unit quantity. For conversion of unit quantity to its higher number (that is more than one, here it is twenty-three), We have to always multiply the unit conversion value to its required data given in the problem. Therefore, we can write it as following,
\[ \Rightarrow \]\[1\]kilometer \[ = 1000\]meters
\[ \Rightarrow 23\]kilometers \[ = 23 \times 1000\]meters
Multiplying at right hand side in above equation, we get
\[ \Rightarrow 23\]kilometers \[ = 23000\]meters
So, we got the required converted value with the required unit.

Note:
When we require to convert kilometre into centimetres then first, we need to convert kilometre into meters and then meters will be converted into centimetres. When given data has its lower unit such that centimetres and it would require to convert in its higher unit such that meters or kilometres then we have to divide instead of multiply.