Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to kilometers is 0.0001, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0001 kilometers:

1 dm = 0.0001 km

To convert 1005 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1005 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.0001 km

1005 dm → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 1005 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.1005 km

The final result is:

1005 dm → 0.1005 km

We conclude that 1005 decimeters is equivalent to 0.1005 kilometers:

1005 decimeters = 0.1005 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 9.9502487562189 × 1005 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1005 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 9.9502487562189 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand five decimeters is approximately zero point one zero one kilometers:

1005 dm ≅ 0.101 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately nine point nine five times one thousand five decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to kilometers