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 2500 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 2500 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

2500 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 2500 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.25 km

The final result is:

2500 dm → 0.25 km

We conclude that 2500 decimeters is equivalent to 0.25 kilometers:

2500 decimeters = 0.25 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 4 × 2500 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 2500 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 4 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

2500 dm ≅ 0.25 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately four times two thousand five hundred 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