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 4238 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4238 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

4238 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4238 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.4238 km

The final result is:

4238 dm → 0.4238 km

We conclude that 4238 decimeters is equivalent to 0.4238 kilometers:

4238 decimeters = 0.4238 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.3596035865975 × 4238 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 4238 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.3596035865975 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4238 dm ≅ 0.424 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point three six times four thousand two hundred 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