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 4970 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 4970 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

4970 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4970 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.497 km

The final result is:

4970 dm → 0.497 km

We conclude that 4970 decimeters is equivalent to 0.497 kilometers:

4970 decimeters = 0.497 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0120724346076 × 4970 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 4970 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0120724346076 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4970 dm ≅ 0.497 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point zero one two times four thousand nine hundred seventy 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