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 138.7 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 138.7 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

138.7 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 138.7 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.01387 km

The final result is:

138.7 dm → 0.01387 km

We conclude that 138.7 decimeters is equivalent to 0.01387 kilometers:

138.7 decimeters = 0.01387 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 72.098053352559 × 138.7 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 138.7 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 72.098053352559 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

138.7 dm ≅ 0.014 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seventy-two point zero nine eight times one hundred thirty-eight 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