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 1490 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1490 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

1490 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1490 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0149 km

The final result is:

1490 cm → 0.0149 km

We conclude that 1490 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0149 kilometers:

1490 centimeters = 0.0149 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 67.114093959732 × 1490 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1490 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 67.114093959732 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 ninety centimeters is approximately zero point zero one five kilometers:

1490 cm ≅ 0.015 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixty-seven point one one four times one thousand four hundred ninety 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