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 5042 millimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5042 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

5042 mm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5042 mm × 1.0E-6 km

L_(km) = 0.005042 km

The final result is:

5042 mm → 0.005042 km

We conclude that 5042 millimeters is equivalent to 0.005042 kilometers:

5042 millimeters = 0.005042 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 198.33399444665 × 5042 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 5042 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 198.33399444665 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5042 mm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred ninety-eight point three three four times five thousand forty-two 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