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 8482 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8482 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

8482 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8482 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.8482 km

The final result is:

8482 dm → 0.8482 km

We conclude that 8482 decimeters is equivalent to 0.8482 kilometers:

8482 decimeters = 0.8482 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1789672247112 × 8482 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8482 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1789672247112 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 eighty-two decimeters is approximately zero point eight four eight kilometers:

8482 dm ≅ 0.848 km

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