Convert 5,000 Joules to Calories
How much energy is 5,000 joules? How many nutritional calories are in 5 thousand joules? 5,000 J to kcal conversion.
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5,000 Joules ≈
1.1950287 Nutritional Calories
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Result in Plain English
5,000 joules is equal to about 1.20 Calories.
To a Percentage
5,000 joules ≈ 120% of a Calorie.
Result as a Fraction
5,000 joules
= 625⁄523 Calories
= 1 and 102⁄523 Calories
In Scientific Notation
5,000 joules
= 5 x 103 joules
≈ 1.19503 x 100 Calories
Joules
A joule is the standard unit of energy. On the surface of the Earth, it takes about 9.8 joules to lift a 1 kilogram object by 1 meter.
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.