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 48 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 48 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

48 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 48 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0048 km

The final result is:

48 dm → 0.0048 km

We conclude that 48 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0048 kilometers:

48 decimeters = 0.0048 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 208.33333333333 × 48 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 48 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 208.33333333333 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-eight decimeters is approximately zero point zero zero five kilometers:

48 dm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred eight point three three three times forty-eight 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