Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers to centimeters is 100000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 100000 centimeters:
1 km = 100000 cm
To convert 5000 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 5000 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km → 100000 cm
5000 km → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 5000 km × 100000 cm
L(cm) = 500000000 cm
The final result is:
5000 km → 500000000 cm
We conclude that 5000 kilometers is equivalent to 500000000 centimeters:
5000 kilometers = 500000000 centimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 2.0E-9 × 5000 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 5000 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-9 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand kilometers is approximately five hundred million centimeters:
5000 km ≅ 500000000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times five thousand kilometers.
Conversion table
kilometers to centimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to centimeters
kilometers (km) | centimeters (cm) |
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5001 kilometers | 500100000 centimeters |
5002 kilometers | 500200000 centimeters |
5003 kilometers | 500300000 centimeters |
5004 kilometers | 500400000 centimeters |
5005 kilometers | 500500000 centimeters |
5006 kilometers | 500600000 centimeters |
5007 kilometers | 500700000 centimeters |
5008 kilometers | 500800000 centimeters |
5009 kilometers | 500900000 centimeters |
5010 kilometers | 501000000 centimeters |