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 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 272 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 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 272 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0272 km

The final result is:

272 dm → 0.0272 km

We conclude that 272 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0272 kilometers:

272 decimeters = 0.0272 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 36.764705882353 × 272 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 272 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 36.764705882353 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 decimeters is approximately zero point zero two seven kilometers:

272 dm ≅ 0.027 km

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