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 8442 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8442 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

8442 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8442 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.8442 km

The final result is:

8442 dm → 0.8442 km

We conclude that 8442 decimeters is equivalent to 0.8442 kilometers:

8442 decimeters = 0.8442 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1845534233594 × 8442 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8442 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1845534233594 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8442 dm ≅ 0.844 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point one eight five times eight thousand four 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