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 492 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 492 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

492 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 492 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0492 km

The final result is:

492 dm → 0.0492 km

We conclude that 492 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0492 kilometers:

492 decimeters = 0.0492 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20.325203252033 × 492 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 492 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20.325203252033 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

492 dm ≅ 0.049 km

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