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 85 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 85 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

85 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 85 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0085 km

The final result is:

85 dm → 0.0085 km

We conclude that 85 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0085 kilometers:

85 decimeters = 0.0085 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 117.64705882353 × 85 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 85 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 117.64705882353 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eighty-five decimeters is approximately zero point zero zero nine kilometers:

85 dm ≅ 0.009 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred seventeen point six four seven times eighty-five 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