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 5980 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5980 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

5980 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5980 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0598 km

The final result is:

5980 cm → 0.0598 km

We conclude that 5980 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0598 kilometers:

5980 centimeters = 0.0598 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 16.722408026756 × 5980 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 5980 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 16.722408026756 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5980 cm ≅ 0.06 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixteen point seven two two times five thousand nine hundred eighty 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