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 4990 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4990 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

4990 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4990 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0499 km

The final result is:

4990 cm → 0.0499 km

We conclude that 4990 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0499 kilometers:

4990 centimeters = 0.0499 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20.040080160321 × 4990 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 4990 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20.040080160321 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 ninety centimeters is approximately zero point zero five kilometers:

4990 cm ≅ 0.05 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty point zero four times four thousand nine 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