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 4240 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4240 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

4240 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4240 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0424 km

The final result is:

4240 cm → 0.0424 km

We conclude that 4240 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0424 kilometers:

4240 centimeters = 0.0424 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 23.584905660377 × 4240 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 4240 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 23.584905660377 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 forty centimeters is approximately zero point zero four two kilometers:

4240 cm ≅ 0.042 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty-three point five eight five times four thousand two hundred forty 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