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 501 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 501 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

501 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 501 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0501 km

The final result is:

501 dm → 0.0501 km

We conclude that 501 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0501 kilometers:

501 decimeters = 0.0501 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 19.960079840319 × 501 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 501 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 19.960079840319 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

501 dm ≅ 0.05 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately nineteen point nine six times five hundred 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