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 7420 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 7420 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

7420 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 7420 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0742 km

The final result is:

7420 cm → 0.0742 km

We conclude that 7420 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0742 kilometers:

7420 centimeters = 0.0742 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 13.477088948787 × 7420 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 7420 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 13.477088948787 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

7420 cm ≅ 0.074 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirteen point four seven seven times seven thousand four hundred twenty 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