Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to decimeters is 10000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 10000 decimeters:

1 km = 10000 dm

To convert 7242 kilometers into decimeters we have to multiply 7242 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 10000 dm

7242 km → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 7242 km × 10000 dm

L_(dm) = 72420000 dm

The final result is:

7242 km → 72420000 dm

We conclude that 7242 kilometers is equivalent to 72420000 decimeters:

7242 kilometers = 72420000 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 1.3808340237503E-8 × 7242 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 7242 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.3808340237503E-8 decimeters.

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 kilometers is approximately seventy-two million four hundred twenty thousand decimeters:

7242 km ≅ 72420000 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times seven thousand two hundred forty-two kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to decimeters