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 720 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 720 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

720 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 720 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.072 km

The final result is:

720 dm → 0.072 km

We conclude that 720 decimeters is equivalent to 0.072 kilometers:

720 decimeters = 0.072 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 13.888888888889 × 720 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 720 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 13.888888888889 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

720 dm ≅ 0.072 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirteen point eight eight nine times seven hundred twenty 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