First, note that cm is the same as centimeters and km is the same as kilometers. Thus, when you are asking to convert 500 cm to km, you are asking to convert 500 centimeters to kilometers.

A centimeter is smaller than a kilometer. Simply put, cm is smaller than km. In fact, a centimeter is "10 to the power of -5" smaller than a kilometer.

Since a centimeter is 10^-5 smaller than a kilometer, it means that the conversion factor for cm to km is 10^-5. Therefore, you can multiply 500 cm by 10^-5 to get 500 cm converted to km.

Here is the answer with the math showing you how to convert 500 cm to km by multiplying 500 by the conversion factor of 10^-5.

500 x 10^-5 = 0.005

500 cm = 0.005 km

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