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 272.1 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 272.1 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

272.1 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 272.1 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.02721 km

The final result is:

272.1 dm → 0.02721 km

We conclude that 272.1 decimeters is equivalent to 0.02721 kilometers:

272.1 decimeters = 0.02721 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 36.751194413818 × 272.1 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 272.1 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 36.751194413818 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

272.1 dm ≅ 0.027 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirty-six point seven five one times two hundred seventy-two point 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