Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to millimeters is 1000000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 1000000 millimeters:

1 km = 1000000 mm

To convert 488 kilometers into millimeters we have to multiply 488 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to millimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 1000000 mm

488 km → L_(mm)

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

L_(mm) = 488 km × 1000000 mm

L_(mm) = 488000000 mm

The final result is:

488 km → 488000000 mm

We conclude that 488 kilometers is equivalent to 488000000 millimeters:

488 kilometers = 488000000 millimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 millimeter is equal to 2.0491803278689E-9 × 488 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 488 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0491803278689E-9 millimeters.

Approximate result

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

488 km ≅ 488000000 mm

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

Conversion table

kilometers to millimeters chart

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