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.

Step-by-step 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:

$=(3\ kilometers)(\frac{1,000\ meters}{1\ kilometers})\\\\=3,000\ meters$

Then the library is 3,000 meters away.