Conversion formula

The conversion factor from inches to kilometers is 2.54E-5, which means that 1 inch is equal to 2.54E-5 kilometers:

1 in = 2.54E-5 km

To convert 5.5 inches into kilometers we have to multiply 5.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from inches to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 in → 2.54E-5 km

5.5 in → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5.5 in × 2.54E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0001397 km

The final result is:

5.5 in → 0.0001397 km

We conclude that 5.5 inches is equivalent to 0.0001397 kilometers:

5.5 inches = 0.0001397 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 7158.1961345741 × 5.5 inches.

Another way is saying that 5.5 inches is equal to 1 ÷ 7158.1961345741 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5.5 in ≅ 0 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seven thousand one hundred fifty-eight point one nine six times five point five inches.

Conversion table

inches to kilometers chart

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