48 kilometers in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 48 kilometers to centimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{km}=100000\mathrm{cm}$

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

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

Conclusion: 48 ⁢ km = 4800000 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 2.08333333333333e-07 times 48 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 48 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{2.08333333333333e-07}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: forty-eight kilometers is about four million, eight hundred thousand centimeters, or alternatively, a centimeter is about zero times forty-eight kilometers.