Convert 3,000 Calories to Kilojoules
How much energy is 3,000 Calories? How many kilojoules are in 3 thousand Calories? 3,000 kcal to kJ conversion.
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3,000 Nutritional Calories =
12,552 Kilojoules
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Result in Plain English
3,000 Calories is equal to about 12.6 thousand kilojoules.
In Scientific Notation
3,000 Calories
= 3 x 103 Calories
= 1.2552 x 104 kilojoules
Calories
A nutritional Calorie, or kilocalorie, is commonly used in food labeling. It is equal to 4.184 kilojoules. The average American consumes about 2,700 kilocalories per day.
Kilojoules
A kilojoule is 1,000 joules. In some countries, food is labeled in kilojoules, much like kilocalories are used in the United States.