Unit Converter
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 580 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 580 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
580 dm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 580 dm × 0.0001 km
L(km) = 0.058 km
The final result is:
580 dm → 0.058 km
We conclude that 580 decimeters is equivalent to 0.058 kilometers:
580 decimeters = 0.058 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 17.241379310345 × 580 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 580 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 17.241379310345 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred eighty decimeters is approximately zero point zero five eight kilometers:
580 dm ≅ 0.058 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately seventeen point two four one times five hundred eighty 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
decimeters (dm) | kilometers (km) |
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581 decimeters | 0.058 kilometers |
582 decimeters | 0.058 kilometers |
583 decimeters | 0.058 kilometers |
584 decimeters | 0.058 kilometers |
585 decimeters | 0.059 kilometers |
586 decimeters | 0.059 kilometers |
587 decimeters | 0.059 kilometers |
588 decimeters | 0.059 kilometers |
589 decimeters | 0.059 kilometers |
590 decimeters | 0.059 kilometers |