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 472 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 472 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

472 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 472 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0472 km

The final result is:

472 dm → 0.0472 km

We conclude that 472 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0472 kilometers:

472 decimeters = 0.0472 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 21.186440677966 × 472 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 472 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 21.186440677966 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

472 dm ≅ 0.047 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty-one point one eight six times four hundred seventy-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