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 1170 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1170 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

1170 cm → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 1170 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0117 km

The final result is:

1170 cm → 0.0117 km

We conclude that 1170 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0117 kilometers:

1170 centimeters = 0.0117 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 85.470085470085 × 1170 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1170 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 85.470085470085 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand one hundred seventy centimeters is approximately zero point zero one two kilometers:

1170 cm ≅ 0.012 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eighty-five point four seven times one thousand one hundred seventy 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