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 502 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 502 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

502 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 502 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0502 km

The final result is:

502 dm → 0.0502 km

We conclude that 502 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0502 kilometers:

502 decimeters = 0.0502 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 19.9203187251 × 502 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 502 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 19.9203187251 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

502 dm ≅ 0.05 km

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