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 162 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 162 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

162 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 162 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0162 km

The final result is:

162 dm → 0.0162 km

We conclude that 162 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0162 kilometers:

162 decimeters = 0.0162 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 61.728395061728 × 162 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 162 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 61.728395061728 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

162 dm ≅ 0.016 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixty-one point seven two eight times one hundred sixty-two 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