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 216 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 216 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

216 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 216 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0216 km

The final result is:

216 dm → 0.0216 km

We conclude that 216 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0216 kilometers:

216 decimeters = 0.0216 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 46.296296296296 × 216 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 216 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 46.296296296296 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

216 dm ≅ 0.022 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately forty-six point two nine six times two hundred sixteen 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