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 473 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 473 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

473 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 473 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0473 km

The final result is:

473 dm → 0.0473 km

We conclude that 473 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0473 kilometers:

473 decimeters = 0.0473 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 21.141649048626 × 473 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 473 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 21.141649048626 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

473 dm ≅ 0.047 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty-one point one four two times four hundred seventy-three 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