Question

The distance travelled by Prateek from home to temple is 300 metres and from temple to school is 495 metres. What is the total distance travelled by him in kilometres (in decimal form?)

Answer 1

As we know that 1 kilometre = 1000 metres and 1 m = $\frac{1}{1000}$ kilometres
Distance between home and temple = 300 metres
Since 1 metre = $\frac{1}{1000}$ kilometres,
300 metres = $\frac{300}{1000}$ kilometres = 0.3 kilometres
Similarly, distance between temple and school = 495 metres = $\frac{495}{1000}$ kilometres = 0.495 kilommetres.
Therefore, total distnace travelled by Prateek = 0.3 + 0.495 = 0.795 kilometres