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 8742 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8742 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

8742 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8742 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.8742 km

The final result is:

8742 dm → 0.8742 km

We conclude that 8742 decimeters is equivalent to 0.8742 kilometers:

8742 decimeters = 0.8742 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1439029970259 × 8742 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8742 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1439029970259 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8742 dm ≅ 0.874 km

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