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Megabytes and Kilobytes Converter

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Use this calculator to convert megabytes (MB) to kilobytes (kB) and kilobytes to megabytes. This converter is part of the full data storage converter tool.

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Kilobytes to Megabytes Conversions

Kilobytes Megabytes
1 kilobyte 0.001 megabytes
2 kilobytes 0.002 megabytes
3 kilobytes 0.003 megabytes
4 kilobytes 0.004 megabytes
5 kilobytes 0.005 megabytes
6 kilobytes 0.006 megabytes
7 kilobytes 0.007 megabytes
8 kilobytes 0.008 megabytes
9 kilobytes 0.009 megabytes
10 kilobytes 0.01 megabytes
11 kilobytes 0.011 megabytes
12 kilobytes 0.012 megabytes
13 kilobytes 0.013 megabytes
14 kilobytes 0.014 megabytes
15 kilobytes 0.015 megabytes
16 kilobytes 0.016 megabytes
17 kilobytes 0.017 megabytes
18 kilobytes 0.018 megabytes
19 kilobytes 0.019 megabytes
20 kilobytes 0.02 megabytes
Figures rounded to a maximum of 5 decimal places (7 with smaller numbers).

How many megabytes are there in 1 kilobyte?

There are 0.001 megabytes in 1 kilobyte. To convert from kilobytes to megabytes, multiply your figure by 0.001 (or divide by 1000) .

Megabytes to Kilobytes Conversions

Megabytes Kilobytes
1 megabyte 1000 kilobytes
2 megabytes 2000 kilobytes
3 megabytes 3000 kilobytes
4 megabytes 4000 kilobytes
5 megabytes 5000 kilobytes
6 megabytes 6000 kilobytes
7 megabytes 7000 kilobytes
8 megabytes 8000 kilobytes
9 megabytes 9000 kilobytes
10 megabytes 10000 kilobytes
11 megabytes 11000 kilobytes
12 megabytes 12000 kilobytes
13 megabytes 13000 kilobytes
14 megabytes 14000 kilobytes
15 megabytes 15000 kilobytes
16 megabytes 16000 kilobytes
17 megabytes 17000 kilobytes
18 megabytes 18000 kilobytes
19 megabytes 19000 kilobytes
20 megabytes 20000 kilobytes
Figures rounded to a maximum of 5 decimal places (7 with smaller numbers).

How many kilobytes are there in 1 megabyte?

There are 1000 kilobytes in 1 megabyte. To convert from megabytes to kilobytes, multiply your figure by 1000 (or divide by 0.001) .


What is a kilobyte?

As you might have guessed, a kilobyte is commonly defined as consisting of 1,000 bytes. We should point out that its actual value is 1,024 bytes (or 2^10 bytes). Still, most say that this value is very similar to 10^3. It is for this reason that the International System of Units (SI) generally equates the kilobyte with 1,000 bytes. This also helps to somewhat simplify multiplication factors when dealing with such massive numbers. To put this another way, one kilobyte is 10 x 10 x 10 bytes. Although this might seem like a large figure, let's recall that most operating systems contain gigabytes of data capacity!

What is a megabyte?

Most computer users are very familiar with the megabyte. As you might have already guessed, a megabyte is the equivalent of 1,000,000 bytes (or 10^6 bytes). We should point out that there is more than meets the eye here. While the SI definition is one million bytes of information, many computing professionals will instead use the more precise number of 1,048,576 bytes (1,024^2). This arises from the binary multiples that occur (each byte contains eight bits of information within its string).


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