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 8742 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8742 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

8742 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8742 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.08742 km

The final result is:

8742 cm → 0.08742 km

We conclude that 8742 centimeters is equivalent to 0.08742 kilometers:

8742 centimeters = 0.08742 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.439029970259 × 8742 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 8742 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 11.439029970259 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 forty-two centimeters is approximately zero point zero eight seven kilometers:

8742 cm ≅ 0.087 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eleven point four three nine times eight thousand seven hundred forty-two 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