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 8420 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8420 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

8420 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8420 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0842 km

The final result is:

8420 cm → 0.0842 km

We conclude that 8420 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0842 kilometers:

8420 centimeters = 0.0842 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.87648456057 × 8420 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 8420 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 11.87648456057 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8420 cm ≅ 0.084 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eleven point eight seven six times eight 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