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 165.7 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 165.7 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

165.7 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 165.7 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.01657 km

The final result is:

165.7 dm → 0.01657 km

We conclude that 165.7 decimeters is equivalent to 0.01657 kilometers:

165.7 decimeters = 0.01657 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 60.350030175015 × 165.7 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 165.7 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 60.350030175015 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

165.7 dm ≅ 0.017 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixty point three five times one hundred sixty-five 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