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 501 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 501 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

501 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 501 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.00501 km

The final result is:

501 cm → 0.00501 km

We conclude that 501 centimeters is equivalent to 0.00501 kilometers:

501 centimeters = 0.00501 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 199.60079840319 × 501 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 501 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 199.60079840319 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

501 cm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred ninety-nine point six zero one times five hundred one 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