Unit Converter
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 800 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 800 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
800 dm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 800 dm × 0.0001 km
L(km) = 0.08 km
The final result is:
800 dm → 0.08 km
We conclude that 800 decimeters is equivalent to 0.08 kilometers:
800 decimeters = 0.08 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 12.5 × 800 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 800 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 12.5 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred decimeters is approximately zero point zero eight kilometers:
800 dm ≅ 0.08 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twelve point five times eight hundred 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
decimeters (dm) | kilometers (km) |
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801 decimeters | 0.08 kilometers |
802 decimeters | 0.08 kilometers |
803 decimeters | 0.08 kilometers |
804 decimeters | 0.08 kilometers |
805 decimeters | 0.081 kilometers |
806 decimeters | 0.081 kilometers |
807 decimeters | 0.081 kilometers |
808 decimeters | 0.081 kilometers |
809 decimeters | 0.081 kilometers |
810 decimeters | 0.081 kilometers |