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 5021 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5021 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

5021 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5021 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5021 km

The final result is:

5021 dm → 0.5021 km

We conclude that 5021 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5021 kilometers:

5021 decimeters = 0.5021 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9916351324437 × 5021 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5021 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9916351324437 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5021 dm ≅ 0.502 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point nine nine two times five thousand twenty-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