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 1742 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1742 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

1742 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1742 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.1742 km

The final result is:

1742 dm → 0.1742 km

We conclude that 1742 decimeters is equivalent to 0.1742 kilometers:

1742 decimeters = 0.1742 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.7405281285878 × 1742 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1742 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 5.7405281285878 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1742 dm ≅ 0.174 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately five point seven four one times one thousand seven hundred forty-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