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 490 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 490 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

490 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 490 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0049 km

The final result is:

490 cm → 0.0049 km

We conclude that 490 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0049 kilometers:

490 centimeters = 0.0049 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 204.08163265306 × 490 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 490 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 204.08163265306 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

490 cm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred four point zero eight two times four hundred ninety 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