Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-6, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 1.0E-6 kilometers:

1 mm = 1.0E-6 km

To convert 5000 millimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5000 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 1.0E-6 km

5000 mm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5000 mm × 1.0E-6 km

L_(km) = 0.005 km

The final result is:

5000 mm → 0.005 km

We conclude that 5000 millimeters is equivalent to 0.005 kilometers:

5000 millimeters = 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 × 5000 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 5000 millimeters 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 thousand millimeters is approximately zero point zero zero five kilometers:

5000 mm ≅ 0.005 km

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

Conversion table

millimeters to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from millimeters to kilometers