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 500 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 500 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
500 km → L(cm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in centimeters:
L(cm) = 500 km × 100000 cm
L(cm) = 50000000 cm
The final result is:
500 km → 50000000 cm
We conclude that 500 kilometers is equivalent to 50000000 centimeters:
500 kilometers = 50000000 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-8 × 500 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 500 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-8 centimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred kilometers is approximately fifty million centimeters:
500 km ≅ 50000000 cm
An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times five hundred 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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501 kilometers | 50100000 centimeters |
502 kilometers | 50200000 centimeters |
503 kilometers | 50300000 centimeters |
504 kilometers | 50400000 centimeters |
505 kilometers | 50500000 centimeters |
506 kilometers | 50600000 centimeters |
507 kilometers | 50700000 centimeters |
508 kilometers | 50800000 centimeters |
509 kilometers | 50900000 centimeters |
510 kilometers | 51000000 centimeters |