Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers to centimeters is 100000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 100000 centimeters:
1 km = 100000 cm
To convert 0.4 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 0.4 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km → 100000 cm
0.4 km → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 0.4 km × 100000 cm
L(cm) = 40000 cm
The final result is:
0.4 km → 40000 cm
We conclude that 0.4 kilometers is equivalent to 40000 centimeters:
0.4 kilometers = 40000 centimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 2.5E-5 × 0.4 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 0.4 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.5E-5 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point four kilometers is approximately forty thousand centimeters:
0.4 km ≅ 40000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times zero point four kilometers.
Conversion table
kilometers to centimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to centimeters
kilometers (km) | centimeters (cm) |
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1.4 kilometers | 140000 centimeters |
2.4 kilometers | 240000 centimeters |
3.4 kilometers | 340000 centimeters |
4.4 kilometers | 440000 centimeters |
5.4 kilometers | 540000 centimeters |
6.4 kilometers | 640000 centimeters |
7.4 kilometers | 740000 centimeters |
8.4 kilometers | 840000 centimeters |
9.4 kilometers | 940000 centimeters |
10.4 kilometers | 1040000 centimeters |