Convert 5,500 Joules to Calories
How much energy is 5,500 joules? How many nutritional calories are in 5.5 thousand joules? 5,500 J to kcal conversion.
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5,500 Joules ≈
1.3145315 Nutritional Calories
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Result in Plain English
5,500 joules is equal to about 1.31 Calories.
To a Percentage
5,500 joules ≈ 131% of a Calorie.
Result as a Fraction
5,500 joules
= 1,375⁄1,046 Calories
In Scientific Notation
5,500 joules
= 5.5 x 103 joules
≈ 1.31453 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.