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 7042 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 7042 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

7042 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 7042 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.7042 km

The final result is:

7042 dm → 0.7042 km

We conclude that 7042 decimeters is equivalent to 0.7042 kilometers:

7042 decimeters = 0.7042 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.4200511218404 × 7042 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 7042 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.4200511218404 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

7042 dm ≅ 0.704 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point four two times seven thousand forty-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