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 488 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 488 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

488 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 488 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0488 km

The final result is:

488 dm → 0.0488 km

We conclude that 488 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0488 kilometers:

488 decimeters = 0.0488 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20.491803278689 × 488 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 488 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20.491803278689 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

488 dm ≅ 0.049 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty point four nine two times four hundred eighty-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