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 1420 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1420 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

1420 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1420 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0142 km

The final result is:

1420 cm → 0.0142 km

We conclude that 1420 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0142 kilometers:

1420 centimeters = 0.0142 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 70.422535211268 × 1420 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1420 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 70.422535211268 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1420 cm ≅ 0.014 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seventy point four two three times one thousand four hundred twenty 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