Unit Converter
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 17 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 17 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
17 km → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 17 km × 100000 cm
L(cm) = 1700000 cm
The final result is:
17 km → 1700000 cm
We conclude that 17 kilometers is equivalent to 1700000 centimeters:
17 kilometers = 1700000 centimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 5.8823529411765E-7 × 17 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 17 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 5.8823529411765E-7 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen kilometers is approximately one million seven hundred thousand centimeters:
17 km ≅ 1700000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times seventeen 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
kilometers (km) | centimeters (cm) |
---|---|
18 kilometers | 1800000 centimeters |
19 kilometers | 1900000 centimeters |
20 kilometers | 2000000 centimeters |
21 kilometers | 2100000 centimeters |
22 kilometers | 2200000 centimeters |
23 kilometers | 2300000 centimeters |
24 kilometers | 2400000 centimeters |
25 kilometers | 2500000 centimeters |
26 kilometers | 2600000 centimeters |
27 kilometers | 2700000 centimeters |