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 470 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 470 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

470 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 470 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0047 km

The final result is:

470 cm → 0.0047 km

We conclude that 470 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0047 kilometers:

470 centimeters = 0.0047 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 212.76595744681 × 470 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 470 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 212.76595744681 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

470 cm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred twelve point seven six six times four 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