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 55 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 55 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

55 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 55 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0055 km

The final result is:

55 dm → 0.0055 km

We conclude that 55 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0055 kilometers:

55 decimeters = 0.0055 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 181.81818181818 × 55 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 55 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 181.81818181818 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

55 dm ≅ 0.006 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred eighty-one point eight one eight times 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