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 4742 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4742 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

4742 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4742 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.4742 km

The final result is:

4742 dm → 0.4742 km

We conclude that 4742 decimeters is equivalent to 0.4742 kilometers:

4742 decimeters = 0.4742 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.1088148460565 × 4742 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 4742 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.1088148460565 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 forty-two decimeters is approximately zero point four seven four kilometers:

4742 dm ≅ 0.474 km

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