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 583 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 583 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

583 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 583 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0583 km

The final result is:

583 dm → 0.0583 km

We conclude that 583 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0583 kilometers:

583 decimeters = 0.0583 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 17.152658662093 × 583 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 583 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 17.152658662093 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

583 dm ≅ 0.058 km

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