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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 12 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 12 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

12 cm → L(km)

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

L(km) = 12 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L(km) = 0.00012 km

The final result is:

12 cm → 0.00012 km

We conclude that 12 centimeters is equivalent to 0.00012 kilometers:

12 centimeters = 0.00012 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 8333.3333333333 × 12 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 12 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 8333.3333333333 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve centimeters is approximately zero kilometers:

12 cm ≅ 0 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eight thousand three hundred thirty-three point three three three times twelve 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)
13 centimeters 0 kilometers
14 centimeters 0 kilometers
15 centimeters 0 kilometers
16 centimeters 0 kilometers
17 centimeters 0 kilometers
18 centimeters 0 kilometers
19 centimeters 0 kilometers
20 centimeters 0 kilometers
21 centimeters 0 kilometers
22 centimeters 0 kilometers