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 5696 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5696 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

5696 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5696 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.5696 km

The final result is:

5696 dm → 0.5696 km

We conclude that 5696 decimeters is equivalent to 0.5696 kilometers:

5696 decimeters = 0.5696 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.7556179775281 × 5696 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 5696 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.7556179775281 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5696 dm ≅ 0.57 km

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