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 513 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 513 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

513 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 513 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.00513 km

The final result is:

513 cm → 0.00513 km

We conclude that 513 centimeters is equivalent to 0.00513 kilometers:

513 centimeters = 0.00513 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 194.93177387914 × 513 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 513 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 194.93177387914 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

513 cm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred ninety-four point nine three two times five hundred thirteen 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