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 7240 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 7240 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

7240 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 7240 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0724 km

The final result is:

7240 cm → 0.0724 km

We conclude that 7240 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0724 kilometers:

7240 centimeters = 0.0724 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 13.812154696133 × 7240 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 7240 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 13.812154696133 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

7240 cm ≅ 0.072 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirteen point eight one two times seven thousand two 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