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 560 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 560 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

560 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 560 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0056 km

The final result is:

560 cm → 0.0056 km

We conclude that 560 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0056 kilometers:

560 centimeters = 0.0056 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 178.57142857143 × 560 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 560 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 178.57142857143 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

560 cm ≅ 0.006 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred seventy-eight point five seven one times five hundred sixty 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