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 970.8 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 970.8 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

970.8 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 970.8 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.009708 km

The final result is:

970.8 cm → 0.009708 km

We conclude that 970.8 centimeters is equivalent to 0.009708 kilometers:

970.8 centimeters = 0.009708 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 103.00782859497 × 970.8 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 970.8 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 103.00782859497 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

970.8 cm ≅ 0.01 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred three point zero zero eight times nine hundred seventy point eight 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