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 582 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 582 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

582 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 582 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0582 km

The final result is:

582 dm → 0.0582 km

We conclude that 582 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0582 kilometers:

582 decimeters = 0.0582 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 17.182130584192 × 582 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 582 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 17.182130584192 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

582 dm ≅ 0.058 km

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