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 231 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 231 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

231 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 231 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0231 km

The final result is:

231 dm → 0.0231 km

We conclude that 231 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0231 kilometers:

231 decimeters = 0.0231 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 43.290043290043 × 231 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 231 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 43.290043290043 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

231 dm ≅ 0.023 km

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