5 miles in kilometers

Result

The conversion result is: 5 miles is equivalent to 8.04672 kilometers.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 miles to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: 1 mile = 1.609344 km.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of kilometers.

1 mile / 5 mile = 1.609344 km / x km

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x km = (5 mile / 1 mile) * 1.609344 km → x km = 8.04672 km

Conclusion:

5 mile = 8.04672 km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 0.124274238447467 times 5 miles.

It can also be expressed as: 5 miles is equal to 1 / 0.124274238447467 kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five miles is about eight point zero five kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about zero point one two times five miles.