Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to centimeters is 100000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 100000 centimeters:

1 km = 100000 cm

To convert 7200 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 7200 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 100000 cm

7200 km → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 7200 km × 100000 cm

L_(cm) = 720000000 cm

The final result is:

7200 km → 720000000 cm

We conclude that 7200 kilometers is equivalent to 720000000 centimeters:

7200 kilometers = 720000000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 1.3888888888889E-9 × 7200 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 7200 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.3888888888889E-9 centimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven thousand two hundred kilometers is approximately seven hundred twenty million centimeters:

7200 km ≅ 720000000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times seven thousand two hundred kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to centimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to centimeters