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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 16 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 16 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

16 dm → L(km)

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

L(km) = 16 dm × 0.0001 km

L(km) = 0.0016 km

The final result is:

16 dm → 0.0016 km

We conclude that 16 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0016 kilometers:

16 decimeters = 0.0016 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 625 × 16 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 16 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 625 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

16 dm ≅ 0.002 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately six hundred twenty-five times sixteen 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)
17 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
18 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
19 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
20 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
21 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
22 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
23 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
24 decimeters 0.002 kilometers
25 decimeters 0.003 kilometers
26 decimeters 0.003 kilometers