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 4970 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4970 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

4970 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4970 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0497 km

The final result is:

4970 cm → 0.0497 km

We conclude that 4970 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0497 kilometers:

4970 centimeters = 0.0497 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20.120724346076 × 4970 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 4970 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20.120724346076 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4970 cm ≅ 0.05 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty point one two one times four thousand nine hundred seventy 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