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 4742 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4742 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

4742 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4742 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.04742 km

The final result is:

4742 cm → 0.04742 km

We conclude that 4742 centimeters is equivalent to 0.04742 kilometers:

4742 centimeters = 0.04742 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 21.088148460565 × 4742 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 4742 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 21.088148460565 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 forty-two centimeters is approximately zero point zero four seven kilometers:

4742 cm ≅ 0.047 km

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