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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 497 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 497 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

497 cm → L(km)

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

L(km) = 497 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L(km) = 0.00497 km

The final result is:

497 cm → 0.00497 km

We conclude that 497 centimeters is equivalent to 0.00497 kilometers:

497 centimeters = 0.00497 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 201.20724346076 × 497 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 497 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 201.20724346076 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

497 cm ≅ 0.005 km

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

centimeters (cm) kilometers (km)
498 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
499 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
500 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
501 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
502 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
503 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
504 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
505 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
506 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
507 centimeters 0.005 kilometers