Justin rides his bicycle 2.5 kilometers to school
Luke walks 1,950 meters to school. How much
farther does Justin ride to school than Lake
walks to school?

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Justin rides his bicycle 2.5 kilometers to school. Luke walks 1,950 meters to school. How much farther does Justin ride to school than Luke walks to school?

Prealgebra  Ratios, Proportions, Units and Rates  Metric System Unit Conversion

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MeneerNask

Jan 12, 2017

The prefix "kilo" means 1,000, whatever is after the kilo.

Explanation:

So

2.5

k

m

=

2.5

×

1

,

000

m

=

2

,

500

m

The differnce is

2

,

500

−

1

,

950

=

550

m

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