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 842 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 842 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

842 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 842 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0842 km

The final result is:

842 dm → 0.0842 km

We conclude that 842 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0842 kilometers:

842 decimeters = 0.0842 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.87648456057 × 842 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 842 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 11.87648456057 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

842 dm ≅ 0.084 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eleven point eight seven six times eight hundred forty-two 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