Unit Converter
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 50 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 50 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
50 cm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 50 cm × 1.0E-5 km
L(km) = 0.0005 km
The final result is:
50 cm → 0.0005 km
We conclude that 50 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0005 kilometers:
50 centimeters = 0.0005 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2000 × 50 centimeters.
Another way is saying that 50 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2000 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty centimeters is approximately zero point zero zero one kilometers:
50 cm ≅ 0.001 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two thousand times fifty 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) |
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51 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
52 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
53 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
54 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
55 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
56 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
57 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
58 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
59 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
60 centimeters | 0.001 kilometers |