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 229 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 229 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

229 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 229 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0229 km

The final result is:

229 dm → 0.0229 km

We conclude that 229 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0229 kilometers:

229 decimeters = 0.0229 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 43.668122270742 × 229 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 229 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 43.668122270742 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

229 dm ≅ 0.023 km

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