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 40.4 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 40.4 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

40.4 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 40.4 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.00404 km

The final result is:

40.4 dm → 0.00404 km

We conclude that 40.4 decimeters is equivalent to 0.00404 kilometers:

40.4 decimeters = 0.00404 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 247.52475247525 × 40.4 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 40.4 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 247.52475247525 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

40.4 dm ≅ 0.004 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred forty-seven point five two five times forty point four 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