Unit Converter
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 13.7 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 13.7 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
13.7 dm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 13.7 dm × 0.0001 km
L(km) = 0.00137 km
The final result is:
13.7 dm → 0.00137 km
We conclude that 13.7 decimeters is equivalent to 0.00137 kilometers:
13.7 decimeters = 0.00137 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 729.92700729927 × 13.7 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 13.7 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 729.92700729927 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirteen point seven decimeters is approximately zero point zero zero one kilometers:
13.7 dm ≅ 0.001 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seven hundred twenty-nine point nine two seven times thirteen point seven 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
decimeters (dm) | kilometers (km) |
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14.7 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
15.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
16.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
17.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
18.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
19.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
20.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
21.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
22.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |
23.7 decimeters | 0.002 kilometers |