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 550 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 550 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

550 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 550 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.055 km

The final result is:

550 dm → 0.055 km

We conclude that 550 decimeters is equivalent to 0.055 kilometers:

550 decimeters = 0.055 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 18.181818181818 × 550 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 550 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 18.181818181818 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

550 dm ≅ 0.055 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eighteen point one eight two times five hundred fifty 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