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 170 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 170 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

170 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 170 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0017 km

The final result is:

170 cm → 0.0017 km

We conclude that 170 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0017 kilometers:

170 centimeters = 0.0017 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 588.23529411765 × 170 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 170 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 588.23529411765 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

170 cm ≅ 0.002 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately five hundred eighty-eight point two three five times one hundred seventy 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