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 5048 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5048 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

5048 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5048 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5048 km

The final result is:

5048 dm → 0.5048 km

We conclude that 5048 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5048 kilometers:

5048 decimeters = 0.5048 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9809825673534 × 5048 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5048 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9809825673534 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5048 dm ≅ 0.505 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point nine eight one times five thousand forty-eight 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