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 12 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 12 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

12 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 12 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0012 km

The final result is:

12 dm → 0.0012 km

We conclude that 12 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0012 kilometers:

12 decimeters = 0.0012 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 833.33333333333 × 12 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 12 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 833.33333333333 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

12 dm ≅ 0.001 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eight hundred thirty-three point three three three times twelve 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