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 8720 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8720 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

8720 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8720 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0872 km

The final result is:

8720 cm → 0.0872 km

We conclude that 8720 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0872 kilometers:

8720 centimeters = 0.0872 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.467889908257 × 8720 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 8720 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 11.467889908257 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8720 cm ≅ 0.087 km

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