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 790 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 790 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

790 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 790 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0079 km

The final result is:

790 cm → 0.0079 km

We conclude that 790 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0079 kilometers:

790 centimeters = 0.0079 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 126.58227848101 × 790 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 790 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 126.58227848101 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

790 cm ≅ 0.008 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred twenty-six point five eight two times seven hundred ninety 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