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 797 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 797 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

797 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 797 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.00797 km

The final result is:

797 cm → 0.00797 km

We conclude that 797 centimeters is equivalent to 0.00797 kilometers:

797 centimeters = 0.00797 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 125.47051442911 × 797 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 797 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 125.47051442911 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

797 cm ≅ 0.008 km

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