489 kilometers in centimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 489 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: 489 ⁢ km = 48900000 ⁢ cm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 centimeter is equal to 2.04498977505112e-08 times 489 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 489 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{2.04498977505112e-08}}$ centimeters.

Approximation

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