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 55 millimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 55 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

55 mm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 55 mm × 1.0E-6 km

L_(km) = 5.5E-5 km

The final result is:

55 mm → 5.5E-5 km

We conclude that 55 millimeters is equivalent to 5.5E-5 kilometers:

55 millimeters = 5.5E-5 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 18181.818181818 × 55 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 55 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 18181.818181818 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

55 mm ≅ 0 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eighteen thousand one hundred eighty-one point eight one eight times fifty-five 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