Question

Thad is riding his bike to the library,which is 3 kilometers away. How many meters away is the library?

Answer 1

Answer: The library is 3,000 meters away.

Explanation:

The solution of this exercise can be obtained by making the conversion from kilometers to meters.

You know that the library is 3 kilometers away.

Let's remember that 1 kilometer has 1,000 meters.

Then, the conversion from 3 kilometers to meters can be made by this proccedure:

3 kilometers to meters:

`=(3\ kilometers)((1,000\ meters)/(1\ kilometers))\\\\=3,000\ meters`

Then the library is 3,000 meters away.