Question

The 1,600-meter race in the Olympics is very close to 1 mile long. How many kilometers is 1,600 meters? Show your work using equivalent ratios.

Answer 1

ANSWER:

1.6 kilometers

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

We can know how many kilometers are 1600 meters since we know the conversion factor between these units.

1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters, therefore:

$1600\text{ m}\cdot\frac{1\text{ km}}{1000}=1.6\text{ km}$

Therefore, 1600 meters is 1.6 kilometers