Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to decimeters is 10000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 10000 decimeters:

1 km = 10000 dm

To convert 120 kilometers into decimeters we have to multiply 120 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 10000 dm

120 km → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 120 km × 10000 dm

L_(dm) = 1200000 dm

The final result is:

120 km → 1200000 dm

We conclude that 120 kilometers is equivalent to 1200000 decimeters:

120 kilometers = 1200000 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 8.3333333333333E-7 × 120 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 120 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 8.3333333333333E-7 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred twenty kilometers is approximately one million two hundred thousand decimeters:

120 km ≅ 1200000 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times one hundred twenty kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to decimeters chart

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