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 4230 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4230 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

4230 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4230 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0423 km

The final result is:

4230 cm → 0.0423 km

We conclude that 4230 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0423 kilometers:

4230 centimeters = 0.0423 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 23.640661938534 × 4230 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 4230 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 23.640661938534 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4230 cm ≅ 0.042 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty-three point six four one times four thousand two hundred thirty 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