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 298 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 298 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

298 km → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 298 km × 100000 cm

L_(cm) = 29800000 cm

The final result is:

298 km → 29800000 cm

We conclude that 298 kilometers is equivalent to 29800000 centimeters:

298 kilometers = 29800000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 3.3557046979866E-8 × 298 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 298 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 3.3557046979866E-8 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

298 km ≅ 29800000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times two hundred ninety-eight 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