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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 38 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 38 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

38 dm → L(km)

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

L(km) = 38 dm × 0.0001 km

L(km) = 0.0038 km

The final result is:

38 dm → 0.0038 km

We conclude that 38 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0038 kilometers:

38 decimeters = 0.0038 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 263.15789473684 × 38 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 38 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 263.15789473684 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

38 dm ≅ 0.004 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred sixty-three point one five eight times thirty-eight 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

decimeters (dm) kilometers (km)
39 decimeters 0.004 kilometers
40 decimeters 0.004 kilometers
41 decimeters 0.004 kilometers
42 decimeters 0.004 kilometers
43 decimeters 0.004 kilometers
44 decimeters 0.004 kilometers
45 decimeters 0.005 kilometers
46 decimeters 0.005 kilometers
47 decimeters 0.005 kilometers
48 decimeters 0.005 kilometers