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 462 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 462 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

462 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 462 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0462 km

The final result is:

462 dm → 0.0462 km

We conclude that 462 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0462 kilometers:

462 decimeters = 0.0462 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 21.645021645022 × 462 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 462 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 21.645021645022 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

462 dm ≅ 0.046 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty-one point six four five times four hundred sixty-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