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Where are miles used?

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Only in the United Kingdom and United States. The rest of the world uses kilometers.

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How many miles in are 108 kilometers?

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(108 km)(0.621371 mi/km) = 67.108 miles.

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Why is it that it is only USA and UK that do make use of miles instead of kilometers?

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Many centuries ago the Roman Empire introduced the mile into the UK, and they've simply stuck with it. From its beginning, the US adopted the British mile.

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How many meters are there in a kilometer?

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1 kilometer=1,000 meters.

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We are told 5 miles is approximately 8 km. How do I convert 72 km to miles?

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You want to know how many groups of 8 km there are in a distance of 72 km. So you divide 8 into 72. That's 9. So there are 9 groups of 8 km in 72 km, and each group consists of 5 miles. 9 x 5 = 45 miles.

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How do I convert kilometers to feet?

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Multiply kilometers by 3,280.84.

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How do I convert miles to feet in the US customary system?

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Multiply miles by 5,280.

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60 miles = how many kilometers, showing how to calculate?

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One mile equals 1.609 kilometers. Multiply 60 by 1.609. That's 96.56 kilometers.

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The road is 15 kilometers long. If the crew worked for 2 6/7 days, how many kilometers of road did they build each day?

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Divide 15 by 2 6/7: 15 ÷ 2 6/7 = 15 ÷ 20/7 = (15)(7/20) = 105/20 = 5¼ kilometers.

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How many kilometers in 12 miles?

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There are 1.61 kilometers in a mile. So 12 miles equal (12)(1.61) = 19.32 kilometers.

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What is 5.758 kilometers in word form?

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Five point seven five eight kilometers (or five and seven-hundred fifty-eight one-thousandths kilometers).

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How do I deal with decimal parts? For example, 6 km = 3.72823 miles. Do Americans leave it like that, or do they convert it to 3 miles 1282 yards?

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Americans might use yards in certain applications but more often use miles in decimal or fractional form.

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How do I convert long distances of kilometers to miles?

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It doesn't matter whether the distance is long. Use the conversion method shown above.

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How do I convert square kilometers to square miles?

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1 square km = 1km x 1km = 0.621371 mi x 0.621371 mi, which is 0.386102 square mile. Multiply your square km by 0.386102. For example, 64 square km x 0.386102 = 24.71 square miles.

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I want a conversion of feet to meters that has no decimals.

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1 inch = 0.0254 meter. 1 foot = 12 inches, so 1 foot = 12 x 0.0254 = 0.3048 meter. One way to remove decimals is to move the decimal point (10,000 ft = 3048 m) and then divide by a common factor to get 1250ft = 381m. This is not an especially useful conversion factor, so you really should learn to use the equation with decimals.

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If I divide the number in km by 8 and then multiply it by 5, do I get the right answer?

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The answer is close but not exact. 1 km = 0.621 371 2 mi, 8 km = 8 x 0.621 371 2 mi = 4.970 969 6 mi. This is rounded to 5 mi, so there is a small error of about 0.58%. This is good for quickly estimating distance but not when accurate measurements are needed.

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