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 550 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 550 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

550 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 550 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0055 km

The final result is:

550 cm → 0.0055 km

We conclude that 550 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0055 kilometers:

550 centimeters = 0.0055 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 181.81818181818 × 550 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 550 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 181.81818181818 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

550 cm ≅ 0.006 km

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