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 1397 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1397 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

1397 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1397 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.1397 km

The final result is:

1397 dm → 0.1397 km

We conclude that 1397 decimeters is equivalent to 0.1397 kilometers:

1397 decimeters = 0.1397 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 7.1581961345741 × 1397 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1397 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 7.1581961345741 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1397 dm ≅ 0.14 km

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