Metric Units - Meters, Kilometers, and Megameters

Meters

  • Meter is the base unit.
  • One meter is equal to 10^0 meters.
  • 10^0 means 1 with zero zeros following it, which equals 1.
  • Therefore, one meter equals one meter.

Kilometer

  • Kilo is Latin for 1,000.
  • A kilometer means 1,000 meters.
  • 1,000 meters can be written as 10^3 meters.

Megameter

  • Mega is equal to 1,000,000 in Latin.
  • A megameter is 1,000,000 meters.
  • 1,000,000 can be written as 10 with six zeros after it, which is 10^6 meters.