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 5397 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5397 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

5397 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5397 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5397 km

The final result is:

5397 dm → 0.5397 km

We conclude that 5397 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5397 kilometers:

5397 decimeters = 0.5397 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.8528812303131 × 5397 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5397 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.8528812303131 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5397 dm ≅ 0.54 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point eight five three times five thousand three hundred ninety-seven 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