Unit Converter
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 4.2 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4.2 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
4.2 dm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 4.2 dm × 0.0001 km
L(km) = 0.00042 km
The final result is:
4.2 dm → 0.00042 km
We conclude that 4.2 decimeters is equivalent to 0.00042 kilometers:
4.2 decimeters = 0.00042 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2380.9523809524 × 4.2 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 4.2 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2380.9523809524 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four point two decimeters is approximately zero kilometers:
4.2 dm ≅ 0 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two thousand three hundred eighty point nine five two times four point 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
decimeters (dm) | kilometers (km) |
---|---|
5.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
6.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
7.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
8.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
9.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
10.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
11.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
12.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
13.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |
14.2 decimeters | 0.001 kilometers |