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 9720 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 9720 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

9720 cm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 9720 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L_(km) = 0.0972 km

The final result is:

9720 cm → 0.0972 km

We conclude that 9720 centimeters is equivalent to 0.0972 kilometers:

9720 centimeters = 0.0972 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 10.288065843621 × 9720 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 9720 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 10.288065843621 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

9720 cm ≅ 0.097 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately ten point two eight eight times nine 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