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 50 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 50 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

50 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 50 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.005 km

The final result is:

50 dm → 0.005 km

We conclude that 50 decimeters is equivalent to 0.005 kilometers:

50 decimeters = 0.005 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 200 × 50 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 50 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 200 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

50 dm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two hundred times fifty 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