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 797.9 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 797.9 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

797.9 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 797.9 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.07979 km

The final result is:

797.9 dm → 0.07979 km

We conclude that 797.9 decimeters is equivalent to 0.07979 kilometers:

797.9 decimeters = 0.07979 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 12.532898859506 × 797.9 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 797.9 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 12.532898859506 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

797.9 dm ≅ 0.08 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twelve point five three three times seven hundred ninety-seven point nine 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