Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from kilometers to centimeters is 100000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 100000 centimeters:
1 km = 100000 cm
To convert 50 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 50 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 km → 100000 cm
50 km → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 50 km × 100000 cm
L(cm) = 5000000 cm
The final result is:
50 km → 5000000 cm
We conclude that 50 kilometers is equivalent to 5000000 centimeters:
50 kilometers = 5000000 centimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 2.0E-7 × 50 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 50 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-7 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that fifty kilometers is approximately five million centimeters:
50 km ≅ 5000000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times fifty kilometers.
Conversion table
kilometers to centimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to centimeters
kilometers (km) | centimeters (cm) |
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51 kilometers | 5100000 centimeters |
52 kilometers | 5200000 centimeters |
53 kilometers | 5300000 centimeters |
54 kilometers | 5400000 centimeters |
55 kilometers | 5500000 centimeters |
56 kilometers | 5600000 centimeters |
57 kilometers | 5700000 centimeters |
58 kilometers | 5800000 centimeters |
59 kilometers | 5900000 centimeters |
60 kilometers | 6000000 centimeters |