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# Conversion Between Miles & Kilometres

Maths: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 8.2.1

## Conversion Between Miles and Kilometres

In the UK, you measure how far (and fast) you go on roads using miles. Because of this, you need to be able to convert km to miles. You also need to be able to convert from miles to km.

### Miles to kilometres

![Miles to kilometres](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-08/1744010e-3442-40a3-88dc-0814060d98ff/Slides%20(11).png)

- You can use a simple formula to convert from miles to kilometres.

### Miles to kilometres example

![Miles to kilometres example](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-08/916f6cf0-65e8-4313-878a-5a3a3d8c7733/Slides%20(12).png)

- How many kilometres is 5 miles?
 - k = 5 ÷ 5 × 8
 - k = 8 km

### Miles to kilometres table

![Miles to kilometres table](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-08/c46011ad-441d-4a5b-805c-4ca5186ba634/Slides%20(74).png)

- 5 miles is the same as 8 km.
 - You can multiply these distances to work out how many kilometres are in 10 miles, 15 miles, 20 miles, etc.

### Kilometres to miles

![Kilometres to miles](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-08/bd0098a5-440e-4e29-b08f-09c017eb9f7f/Slides%20(13).png)

- You can use a simple formula to convert from kilometres to miles.

### Kilometres to miles example

![Kilometres to miles example](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-08/62ff4599-86d2-414f-8474-40517994165b/Slides%20(14).png)

- How many miles is 16 kilometres?
 - m = 16 ÷ 8 × 5
 - m = 10 miles

### Kilometres to miles table

![Kilometres to miles table](https://image-v2.cdn.app.senecalearning.com/2019-08/a7a138d2-ed23-40c3-896e-396cac70feb1/Slides%20(74).png)

- 8 km is the same as 5 miles.
 - You can multiply these distances to work out how many kilometres are in 16 km, 24 km, 32 km, 40 km, etc.

## Test yourself on Conversion Between Miles & Kilometres

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## Maths: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum contents

### 1 Year 5 - Number
- 1.1 Number & Place Value
  - [1.1.1 The Value of Digits to Millions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-1-the-value-of-digits-to-millions.md)
  - [1.1.2 Smallest & Biggest Numbers to Millions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-2-smallest-and-biggest-numbers-to-millions.md)
  - [1.1.3 Ordering Numbers to Millions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-3-ordering-numbers-to-millions.md)
  - [1.1.4 Counting in Powers of 10](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-4-counting-in-powers-of-10.md)
  - [1.1.5 Counting in Negative Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-5-counting-in-negative-numbers.md)
  - [1.1.6 Rounding Numbers up to 1,000,000](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-6-rounding-numbers-up-to-1000000.md)
  - [1.1.7 Reading Roman Numerals](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-1-7-reading-roman-numerals.md)
- 1.2 Addition & Subtraction
  - [1.2.1 Written Methods for Adding Large Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-1-written-methods-for-adding-large-numbers.md)
  - [1.2.2 Written Methods for Subtracting Large Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-2-written-methods-for-subtracting-large-numbers.md)
  - [1.2.3 Mental Addition & Subtraction](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-3-mental-addition-and-subtraction.md)
  - [1.2.4 Rounding to Check Your Answer](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-2-4-rounding-to-check-your-answer.md)
- 1.3 Multiplication & Division
  - [1.3.1 Multiples](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-1-multiples.md)
  - [1.3.2 Factors](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-2-factors.md)
  - [1.3.3 Prime Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-3-prime-numbers.md)
  - [1.3.4 Prime Factors](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-4-prime-factors.md)
  - [1.3.5 Composite Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-5-composite-numbers.md)
  - [1.3.6 Factor Trees](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-6-factor-trees.md)
  - [1.3.7 Multiplication by a 1 Digit Number](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-7-multiplication-by-a-1-digit-number.md)
  - [1.3.8 Long Multiplication Using Column Method](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-8-long-multiplication-using-column-method.md)
  - [1.3.9 Times Tables](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-9-times-tables.md)
  - [1.3.10 Division](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-10-division.md)
  - [1.3.11 Multiplying & Dividing by 10, 100 & 1,000](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-11-multiplying-and-dividing-by-10-100-and-1000.md)
  - [1.3.12 Square & Cube Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-3-12-square-and-cube-numbers.md)
- 1.4 Fractions & Decimals
  - [1.4.1 Compare & Order Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-1-compare-and-order-fractions.md)
  - [1.4.2 Identifying Equivalent Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-2-identifying-equivalent-fractions.md)
  - [1.4.3 Add & Subtract Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-3-add-and-subtract-fractions.md)
  - [1.4.4 Mixed Numbers & Improper Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-4-mixed-numbers-and-improper-fractions.md)
  - [1.4.5 Multiplying Fractions by Whole Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-5-multiplying-fractions-by-whole-numbers.md)
  - [1.4.6 Converting Between Decimals & Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-6-converting-between-decimals-and-fractions.md)
  - [1.4.7 Rounding Decimals](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-7-rounding-decimals.md)
  - [1.4.8 Ordering Decimals](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/1-4-8-ordering-decimals.md)

### 2 Year 5 - Measurement
- 2.1 Measures
  - [2.1.1 Metric Measurements](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-1-1-metric-measurements.md)
  - [2.1.2 Imperial Measurements](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-1-2-imperial-measurements.md)
- 2.2 Perimeter & Area
  - [2.2.1 Perimeter](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-2-1-perimeter.md)
  - [2.2.2 Area](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-2-2-area.md)
- 2.3 Time
  - [2.3.1 Units of Time](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/2-3-1-units-of-time.md)

### 3 Year 5 - Geometry
- 3.1 Properties of 3D Shapes
  - [3.1.1 Types of 3D Shapes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-1-types-of-3d-shapes.md)
  - [3.1.2 Faces, Edges & Vertices](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-1-2-faces-edges-and-vertices.md)
- 3.2 Properties of 2D Shapes
  - [3.2.1 Polygons](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-2-1-polygons.md)
- 3.3 Angles
  - [3.3.1 Angles in Degrees](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-1-angles-in-degrees.md)
  - [3.3.2 Types of Angle](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-2-types-of-angle.md)
  - [3.3.3 Finding Missing Angles](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-3-3-finding-missing-angles.md)
- 3.4 Position & Direction
  - [3.4.1 Reflection & Translation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/3-4-1-reflection-and-translation.md)

### 4 Year 5 - Statistics
- 4.1 Graphs
  - [4.1.1 Line Graphs](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-1-line-graphs.md)
  - [4.1.2 Tables](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-2-tables.md)
  - [4.1.3 Timetables](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/4-1-3-timetables.md)

### 5 Year 6 - Number
- 5.1 Number & Place Value
  - [5.1.1 The Value of Digits to Ten Millions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-1-1-the-value-of-digits-to-ten-millions.md)
  - [5.1.2 Ordering Numbers to Millions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-1-2-ordering-numbers-to-millions.md)
  - [5.1.3 Rounding](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-1-3-rounding.md)
  - [5.1.4 Negative Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-1-4-negative-numbers.md)
- 5.2 Multiplication & Division
  - [5.2.1 Multiplication by a 2 Digit Number](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-2-1-multiplication-by-a-2-digit-number.md)
  - [5.2.2 Division](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-2-2-division.md)
  - [5.2.3 Multiples](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-2-3-multiples.md)
  - [5.2.4 Factors](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-2-4-factors.md)
  - [5.2.5 Primes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-2-5-primes.md)
- 5.3 Mental Maths
  - [5.3.1 Multiplying & Dividing by 10, 100 & 1,000](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-3-1-multiplying-and-dividing-by-10-100-and-1000.md)
  - [5.3.2 Addition & Subtraction](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-3-2-addition-and-subtraction.md)
  - [5.3.3 Adding & Subtracting 10, 100 & 1,000](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-3-3-adding-and-subtracting-10-100-and-1000.md)
  - [5.3.4 Multiplication & Division](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-3-4-multiplication-and-division.md)
- 5.4 Order of Operations
  - [5.4.1 BIDMAS](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-4-1-bidmas.md)
- 5.5 Problem Solving
  - [5.5.1 Addition & Subtraction Multi-step Problems](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-5-1-addition-and-subtraction-multi-step-problems.md)
  - [5.5.2 Problem Solving with Proportion](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-5-2-problem-solving-with-proportion.md)
- 5.6 Fractions & Decimals
  - [5.6.1 Simplifying Fractions Using Equivalents](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-1-simplifying-fractions-using-equivalents.md)
  - [5.6.2 Ordering Different Types of Fraction](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-2-ordering-different-types-of-fraction.md)
  - [5.6.3 Adding & Subtracting Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-3-adding-and-subtracting-fractions.md)
  - [5.6.4 Adding & Subtracting Mixed Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-4-adding-and-subtracting-mixed-numbers.md)
  - [5.6.5 Multiplying Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-5-multiplying-fractions.md)
  - [5.6.6 Dividing Fractions by Whole Numbers](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-6-dividing-fractions-by-whole-numbers.md)
  - [5.6.7 Converting Between Decimals & Fractions](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-7-converting-between-decimals-and-fractions.md)
  - [5.6.8 Dividing Decimals](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/5-6-8-dividing-decimals.md)

### 6 Year 6 - Ratio & Proportion
- 6.1 Ratio
  - [6.1.1 Using Ratios](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/6-1-1-using-ratios.md)
  - [6.1.2 Simplifying Ratios](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/6-1-2-simplifying-ratios.md)
- 6.2 Percentages
  - [6.2.1 Calculating Percentages](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/6-2-1-calculating-percentages.md)
- 6.3 Scale
  - [6.3.1 Scale of 2D Shapes](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/6-3-1-scale-of-2d-shapes.md)

### 7 Year 6 - Algebra
- 7.1 Sequences
  - [7.1.1 Describing Sequences](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/7-1-1-describing-sequences.md)
  - [7.1.2 Finding Gaps in Sequences](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/7-1-2-finding-gaps-in-sequences.md)
- 7.2 Missing Number Problems
  - [7.2.1 Missing Number Problems](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/7-2-1-missing-number-problems.md)
- 7.3 Equations
  - [7.3.1 Balancing Equations](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/7-3-1-balancing-equations.md)
  - [7.3.2 Combining Two Variables](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/7-3-2-combining-two-variables.md)

### 8 Year 6 - Measurement
- 8.1 Problem Solving
  - [8.1.1 Problem Solving with Measures](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-1-1-problem-solving-with-measures.md)
- 8.2 Unit Conversion
  - [8.2.1 Conversion Between Miles & Kilometres](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-2-1-conversion-between-miles-and-kilometres.md)
- 8.3 Perimeter, Area & Volume
  - [8.3.1 Area](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-3-1-area.md)
  - [8.3.2 Volume](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-3-2-volume.md)
  - [8.3.3 Nets](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-3-3-nets.md)
  - [8.3.4 Faces, Edges & Vertices](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-3-4-faces-edges-and-vertices.md)
- 8.4 Angles
  - [8.4.1 Types of Angle](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-4-1-types-of-angle.md)
  - [8.4.2 Finding Missing Angles](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-4-2-finding-missing-angles.md)
  - [8.4.3 Finding Missing Angles in Triangles](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-4-3-finding-missing-angles-in-triangles.md)
  - [8.4.4 Vertically Opposite Angles](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-4-4-vertically-opposite-angles.md)
- 8.5 Circles
  - [8.5.1 Parts of a Circle](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-5-1-parts-of-a-circle.md)
- 8.6 Coordinate Grids
  - [8.6.1 Positions on Coordinate Grids](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-6-1-positions-on-coordinate-grids.md)
  - [8.6.2 Reflection & Translation](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/8-6-2-reflection-and-translation.md)

### 9 Year 6 - Statistics
- 9.1 Displaying Data
  - [9.1.1 Pie Charts](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/9-1-1-pie-charts.md)
  - [9.1.2 Line Graphs](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/9-1-2-line-graphs.md)
- 9.2 Averages
  - [9.2.1 Mean](https://senecalearning.com/en-gb/revision-notes/primary/maths/maths-year-5-and-6-national-curriculum/9-2-1-mean.md)