Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to decimeters is 10000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 10000 decimeters:

1 km = 10000 dm

To convert 500 kilometers into decimeters we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 10000 dm

500 km → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 500 km × 10000 dm

L_(dm) = 5000000 dm

The final result is:

500 km → 5000000 dm

We conclude that 500 kilometers is equivalent to 5000000 decimeters:

500 kilometers = 5000000 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 2.0E-7 × 500 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 500 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-7 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

500 km ≅ 5000000 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times five hundred kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to decimeters