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 5055 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5055 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

5055 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5055 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5055 km

The final result is:

5055 dm → 0.5055 km

We conclude that 5055 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5055 kilometers:

5055 decimeters = 0.5055 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.9782393669634 × 5055 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5055 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.9782393669634 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5055 dm ≅ 0.506 km

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