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 197 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 197 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

197 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 197 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0197 km

The final result is:

197 dm → 0.0197 km

We conclude that 197 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0197 kilometers:

197 decimeters = 0.0197 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 50.761421319797 × 197 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 197 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 50.761421319797 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

197 dm ≅ 0.02 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately fifty point seven six one times one hundred ninety-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