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 4720 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4720 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

4720 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4720 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0472 km

The final result is:

4720 cm → 0.0472 km

We conclude that 4720 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0472 kilometers:

4720 centimeters = 0.0472 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 21.186440677966 × 4720 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 4720 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 21.186440677966 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4720 cm ≅ 0.047 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty-one point one eight six times four thousand seven hundred twenty 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