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 4724 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4724 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

4724 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4724 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.4724 km

The final result is:

4724 dm → 0.4724 km

We conclude that 4724 decimeters is equivalent to 0.4724 kilometers:

4724 decimeters = 0.4724 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.116850127011 × 4724 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 4724 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.116850127011 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4724 dm ≅ 0.472 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point one one seven times four thousand seven hundred twenty-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