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 5003 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5003 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

5003 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5003 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5003 km

The final result is:

5003 dm → 0.5003 km

We conclude that 5003 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5003 kilometers:

5003 decimeters = 0.5003 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9988007195683 × 5003 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5003 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9988007195683 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5003 dm ≅ 0.5 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point nine nine nine times five thousand three 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