Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to centimeters is 100000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 100000 centimeters:

1 km = 100000 cm

To convert 159 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 159 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 100000 cm

159 km → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 159 km × 100000 cm

L_(cm) = 15900000 cm

The final result is:

159 km → 15900000 cm

We conclude that 159 kilometers is equivalent to 15900000 centimeters:

159 kilometers = 15900000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 6.2893081761006E-8 × 159 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 159 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 6.2893081761006E-8 centimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred fifty-nine kilometers is approximately fifteen million nine hundred thousand centimeters:

159 km ≅ 15900000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times one hundred fifty-nine kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to centimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to centimeters