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 8980 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8980 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

8980 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8980 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0898 km

The final result is:

8980 cm → 0.0898 km

We conclude that 8980 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0898 kilometers:

8980 centimeters = 0.0898 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.135857461024 × 8980 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 8980 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 11.135857461024 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8980 cm ≅ 0.09 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eleven point one three six times eight thousand nine hundred eighty 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