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 850 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 850 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

850 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 850 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.085 km

The final result is:

850 dm → 0.085 km

We conclude that 850 decimeters is equivalent to 0.085 kilometers:

850 decimeters = 0.085 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.764705882353 × 850 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 850 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 11.764705882353 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

850 dm ≅ 0.085 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eleven point seven six five times eight hundred fifty 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