Amy was looking at a table of conversions from meters to kilometers. The table showed that 2 kilometers are equivalent to 2,000 meters. How can she determine how many kilometers are equivalent to 8,000 meters? Explain.
Amy can multiply 2 by 4, because the number of meters was multiplied by 4 to get 8,000 meters. 1 kilometer is a 1,000 times bigger than 1 meter. She could also divide 8,000 by 1,000 to get 8 kilometers.
