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 742 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 742 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

742 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 742 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0742 km

The final result is:

742 dm → 0.0742 km

We conclude that 742 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0742 kilometers:

742 decimeters = 0.0742 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 13.477088948787 × 742 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 742 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 13.477088948787 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

742 dm ≅ 0.074 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirteen point four seven seven times seven 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