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 7242 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 7242 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

7242 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 7242 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.7242 km

The final result is:

7242 dm → 0.7242 km

We conclude that 7242 decimeters is equivalent to 0.7242 kilometers:

7242 decimeters = 0.7242 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.3808340237503 × 7242 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 7242 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.3808340237503 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

7242 dm ≅ 0.724 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point three eight one times seven thousand two hundred 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