Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to centimeters is 100000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 100000 centimeters:

1 km = 100000 cm

To convert 488.5 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 488.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 100000 cm

488.5 km → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 488.5 km × 100000 cm

L_(cm) = 48850000 cm

The final result is:

488.5 km → 48850000 cm

We conclude that 488.5 kilometers is equivalent to 48850000 centimeters:

488.5 kilometers = 48850000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 2.0470829068577E-8 × 488.5 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 488.5 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0470829068577E-8 centimeters.

Approximate result

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

488.5 km ≅ 48850000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times four hundred eighty-eight point five kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to centimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to centimeters