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 8000 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8000 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
8000 dm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 8000 dm × 0.0001 km
L(km) = 0.8 km
The final result is:
8000 dm → 0.8 km
We conclude that 8000 decimeters is equivalent to 0.8 kilometers:
8000 decimeters = 0.8 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.25 × 8000 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 8000 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.25 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand decimeters is approximately zero point eight kilometers:
8000 dm ≅ 0.8 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point two five times eight thousand 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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8001 decimeters | 0.8 kilometers |
8002 decimeters | 0.8 kilometers |
8003 decimeters | 0.8 kilometers |
8004 decimeters | 0.8 kilometers |
8005 decimeters | 0.801 kilometers |
8006 decimeters | 0.801 kilometers |
8007 decimeters | 0.801 kilometers |
8008 decimeters | 0.801 kilometers |
8009 decimeters | 0.801 kilometers |
8010 decimeters | 0.801 kilometers |