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 1996 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 1996 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

1996 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1996 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.1996 km

The final result is:

1996 dm → 0.1996 km

We conclude that 1996 decimeters is equivalent to 0.1996 kilometers:

1996 decimeters = 0.1996 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.0100200400802 × 1996 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1996 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 5.0100200400802 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1996 dm ≅ 0.2 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately five point zero one times one thousand nine hundred ninety-six 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