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 318 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 318 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

318 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 318 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0318 km

The final result is:

318 dm → 0.0318 km

We conclude that 318 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0318 kilometers:

318 decimeters = 0.0318 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 31.446540880503 × 318 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 318 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 31.446540880503 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

318 dm ≅ 0.032 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirty-one point four four seven times three hundred eighteen 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