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 5497 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5497 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

5497 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5497 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5497 km

The final result is:

5497 dm → 0.5497 km

We conclude that 5497 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5497 kilometers:

5497 decimeters = 0.5497 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.8191740949609 × 5497 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5497 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.8191740949609 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5497 dm ≅ 0.55 km

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