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 491 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 491 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

491 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 491 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0491 km

The final result is:

491 dm → 0.0491 km

We conclude that 491 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0491 kilometers:

491 decimeters = 0.0491 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20.366598778004 × 491 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 491 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20.366598778004 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

491 dm ≅ 0.049 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty point three six seven times four hundred ninety-one 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