Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to miles is 6.2137119223733E-5, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 6.2137119223733E-5 miles:

1 dm = 6.2137119223733E-5 mi

To convert 8020 decimeters into miles we have to multiply 8020 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 6.2137119223733E-5 mi

8020 dm → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8020 dm × 6.2137119223733E-5 mi

L_(mi) = 0.49833969617434 mi

The final result is:

8020 dm → 0.49833969617434 mi

We conclude that 8020 decimeters is equivalent to 0.49833969617434 miles:

8020 decimeters = 0.49833969617434 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 2.0066633416459 × 8020 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8020 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0066633416459 miles.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand twenty decimeters is approximately zero point four nine eight miles:

8020 dm ≅ 0.498 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately two point zero zero seven times eight thousand twenty decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to miles chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to miles