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 850 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 850 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

850 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 850 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0085 km

The final result is:

850 cm → 0.0085 km

We conclude that 850 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0085 kilometers:

850 centimeters = 0.0085 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 117.64705882353 × 850 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 850 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 117.64705882353 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

850 cm ≅ 0.009 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred seventeen point six four seven times eight hundred fifty 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