Unit Converter
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 18 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 18 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
18 dm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 18 dm × 0.0001 km
L(km) = 0.0018 km
The final result is:
18 dm → 0.0018 km
We conclude that 18 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0018 kilometers:
18 decimeters = 0.0018 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 555.55555555556 × 18 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 18 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 555.55555555556 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eighteen decimeters is approximately zero point zero zero two kilometers:
18 dm ≅ 0.002 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately five hundred fifty-five point five five six times eighteen 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) |
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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 |
27 decimeters | 0.003 kilometers |
28 decimeters | 0.003 kilometers |