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Mile vs. Kilometer

Imperial distance unit (1,609 m) versus metric distance unit (1,000 m).

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

A 5 km run is 5 miles.

✓ Correct

A 5 km run is about 3.1 miles — one kilometer equals about 0.62 miles. Don't swap the numbers.

The ruleii

1 MI ≈ 1.6 KM.

MILE (1,609 m) is the imperial unit — used in the US and UK for roads. KILOMETER (1,000 m) is the metric unit — everywhere else. To convert: miles × 1.6 ≈ km; km × 0.62 ≈ miles. A marathon is 42.2 km or 26.2 miles.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

1 mi = 1.6 km.

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