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 27 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 27 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

27 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 27 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0027 km

The final result is:

27 dm → 0.0027 km

We conclude that 27 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0027 kilometers:

27 decimeters = 0.0027 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 370.37037037037 × 27 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 27 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 370.37037037037 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

27 dm ≅ 0.003 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately three hundred seventy point three seven times twenty-seven 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