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 480 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 480 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

480 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 480 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.048 km

The final result is:

480 dm → 0.048 km

We conclude that 480 decimeters is equivalent to 0.048 kilometers:

480 decimeters = 0.048 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20.833333333333 × 480 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 480 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20.833333333333 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

480 dm ≅ 0.048 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty point eight three three times four hundred eighty 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