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 8500 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8500 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

8500 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8500 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.85 km

The final result is:

8500 dm → 0.85 km

We conclude that 8500 decimeters is equivalent to 0.85 kilometers:

8500 decimeters = 0.85 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1764705882353 × 8500 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8500 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1764705882353 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8500 dm ≅ 0.85 km

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