What is a K? Or rather, how much is a K?

Question

Speaking of money, that is. I've seen 5K and 10K on ads from, say, banks and stuff... But what does it really mean?

Answer 1

K is abreviated from kilo (kilogram, kilometer, etc.) which means a thousand.

Answer 2

"K" comes from kilo as in kilogram.

Kilo comes from latin word for one thousand

Answer 3

k means a thousand. So 5k = 5,000, 10k= 10,000 etc

Answer 4

k=thousand

Answer 5

1k=1,000

5k=5,000

10k=10,000

Answer 6

5K=5000   k=1000 computer talk               in printing    m=1000

Answer 7

one thousand.