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 500 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 500 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

500 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 500 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.005 km

The final result is:

500 cm → 0.005 km

We conclude that 500 centimeters is equivalent to 0.005 kilometers:

500 centimeters = 0.005 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 200 × 500 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 500 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 200 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

500 cm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred times five hundred 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