Unit Converter
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 742 kilometers into decimeters we have to multiply 742 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
742 km → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 742 km × 10000 dm
L(dm) = 7420000 dm
The final result is:
742 km → 7420000 dm
We conclude that 742 kilometers is equivalent to 7420000 decimeters:
742 kilometers = 7420000 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 1.3477088948787E-7 × 742 kilometers.
Another way is saying that 742 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.3477088948787E-7 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred forty-two kilometers is approximately seven million four hundred twenty thousand decimeters:
742 km ≅ 7420000 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times seven 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
kilometers (km) | decimeters (dm) |
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743 kilometers | 7430000 decimeters |
744 kilometers | 7440000 decimeters |
745 kilometers | 7450000 decimeters |
746 kilometers | 7460000 decimeters |
747 kilometers | 7470000 decimeters |
748 kilometers | 7480000 decimeters |
749 kilometers | 7490000 decimeters |
750 kilometers | 7500000 decimeters |
751 kilometers | 7510000 decimeters |
752 kilometers | 7520000 decimeters |