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 8397 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8397 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

8397 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8397 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.8397 km

The final result is:

8397 dm → 0.8397 km

We conclude that 8397 decimeters is equivalent to 0.8397 kilometers:

8397 decimeters = 0.8397 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1909015124449 × 8397 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8397 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1909015124449 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8397 dm ≅ 0.84 km

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