Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from miles to kilometers is 1.609344, which means that 1 mile is equal to 1.609344 kilometers:
1 mi = 1.609344 km
To convert 5.5 miles into kilometers we have to multiply 5.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from miles to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 mi → 1.609344 km
5.5 mi → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 5.5 mi × 1.609344 km
L(km) = 8.851392 km
The final result is:
5.5 mi → 8.851392 km
We conclude that 5.5 miles is equivalent to 8.851392 kilometers:
5.5 miles = 8.851392 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.11297658040679 × 5.5 miles.
Another way is saying that 5.5 miles is equal to 1 ÷ 0.11297658040679 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five point five miles is approximately eight point eight five one kilometers:
5.5 mi ≅ 8.851 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point one one three times five point five miles.
Conversion table
miles to kilometers chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from miles to kilometers
miles (mi) | kilometers (km) |
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6.5 miles | 10.461 kilometers |
7.5 miles | 12.07 kilometers |
8.5 miles | 13.679 kilometers |
9.5 miles | 15.289 kilometers |
10.5 miles | 16.898 kilometers |
11.5 miles | 18.507 kilometers |
12.5 miles | 20.117 kilometers |
13.5 miles | 21.726 kilometers |
14.5 miles | 23.335 kilometers |
15.5 miles | 24.945 kilometers |