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 1 kilometer into centimeters we have to multiply 1 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
1 km → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 1 km × 100000 cm
L(cm) = 100000 cm
The final result is:
1 km → 100000 cm
We conclude that 1 kilometer is equivalent to 100000 centimeters:
1 kilometer = 100000 centimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 1.0E-5 × 1 kilometer.
Another way is saying that 1 kilometer is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0E-5 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one kilometer is approximately one hundred thousand centimeters:
1 km ≅ 100000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times one kilometer.
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) |
---|---|
2 kilometers | 200000 centimeters |
3 kilometers | 300000 centimeters |
4 kilometers | 400000 centimeters |
5 kilometers | 500000 centimeters |
6 kilometers | 600000 centimeters |
7 kilometers | 700000 centimeters |
8 kilometers | 800000 centimeters |
9 kilometers | 900000 centimeters |
10 kilometers | 1000000 centimeters |
11 kilometers | 1100000 centimeters |