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 1520 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1520 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

1520 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1520 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0152 km

The final result is:

1520 cm → 0.0152 km

We conclude that 1520 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0152 kilometers:

1520 centimeters = 0.0152 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 65.789473684211 × 1520 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 1520 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 65.789473684211 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1520 cm ≅ 0.015 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixty-five point seven eight nine times one thousand five 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