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 103 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 103 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

103 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 103 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0103 km

The final result is:

103 dm → 0.0103 km

We conclude that 103 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0103 kilometers:

103 decimeters = 0.0103 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 97.087378640777 × 103 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 103 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 97.087378640777 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

103 dm ≅ 0.01 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately ninety-seven point zero eight seven times one hundred three 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