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 5420 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5420 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

5420 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5420 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0542 km

The final result is:

5420 cm → 0.0542 km

We conclude that 5420 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0542 kilometers:

5420 centimeters = 0.0542 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 18.450184501845 × 5420 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 5420 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 18.450184501845 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5420 cm ≅ 0.054 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eighteen point four five times five thousand four hundred twenty 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