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 480.5 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 480.5 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

480.5 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 480.5 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.004805 km

The final result is:

480.5 cm → 0.004805 km

We conclude that 480.5 centimeters is equivalent to 0.004805 kilometers:

480.5 centimeters = 0.004805 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 208.11654526535 × 480.5 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 480.5 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 208.11654526535 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

480.5 cm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred eight point one one seven times four hundred eighty point five 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