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 0.5 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 0.5 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
0.5 km → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 0.5 km × 100000 cm
L(cm) = 50000 cm
The final result is:
0.5 km → 50000 cm
We conclude that 0.5 kilometers is equivalent to 50000 centimeters:
0.5 kilometers = 50000 centimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 2.0E-5 × 0.5 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 0.5 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-5 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that zero point five kilometers is approximately fifty thousand centimeters:
0.5 km ≅ 50000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times zero point five 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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1.5 kilometers | 150000 centimeters |
2.5 kilometers | 250000 centimeters |
3.5 kilometers | 350000 centimeters |
4.5 kilometers | 450000 centimeters |
5.5 kilometers | 550000 centimeters |
6.5 kilometers | 650000 centimeters |
7.5 kilometers | 750000 centimeters |
8.5 kilometers | 850000 centimeters |
9.5 kilometers | 950000 centimeters |
10.5 kilometers | 1050000 centimeters |