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 5840 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5840 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

5840 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5840 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0584 km

The final result is:

5840 cm → 0.0584 km

We conclude that 5840 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0584 kilometers:

5840 centimeters = 0.0584 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 17.123287671233 × 5840 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 5840 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 17.123287671233 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5840 cm ≅ 0.058 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seventeen point one two three times five thousand eight hundred forty 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