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 5001 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5001 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

5001 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5001 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5001 km

The final result is:

5001 dm → 0.5001 km

We conclude that 5001 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5001 kilometers:

5001 decimeters = 0.5001 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.999600079984 × 5001 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5001 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.999600079984 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5001 dm ≅ 0.5 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two times five thousand 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