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 5000 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5000 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

5000 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5000 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.05 km

The final result is:

5000 cm → 0.05 km

We conclude that 5000 centimeters is equivalent to 0.05 kilometers:

5000 centimeters = 0.05 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 × 5000 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 5000 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5000 cm ≅ 0.05 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty times five thousand 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