Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from centimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-5, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 1.0E-5 kilometers:
1 cm = 1.0E-5 km
To convert 100 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 100 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 cm → 1.0E-5 km
100 cm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 100 cm × 1.0E-5 km
L(km) = 0.001 km
The final result is:
100 cm → 0.001 km
We conclude that 100 centimeters is equivalent to 0.001 kilometers:
100 centimeters = 0.001 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 × 100 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 100 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1000 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred centimeters is approximately zero point zero zero one kilometers:
100 cm ≅ 0.001 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one thousand times one hundred centimeters.
Conversion table
centimeters to kilometers chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from centimeters to kilometers
centimeters (cm) | kilometers (km) |
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101 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
102 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
103 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
104 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
105 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
106 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
107 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
108 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
109 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
110 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |