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 238 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 238 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

238 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 238 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0238 km

The final result is:

238 dm → 0.0238 km

We conclude that 238 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0238 kilometers:

238 decimeters = 0.0238 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 42.016806722689 × 238 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 238 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 42.016806722689 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

238 dm ≅ 0.024 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately forty-two point zero one seven times two hundred thirty-eight 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