Question

Express the following as kilometre (km) using decimals.

$5km56m$

Answer 1

$$\begin{gathered} 5km56m=5km+\left(56m\right)inkm \\ \sin ce1m=\frac{1}{1000}km \\ 56m=\frac{56}{1000}=0.056km \\ \therefore 5+0.056=5.056km \end{gathered}$$

Hence, $5km56m=5.056km$.