Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to decimeters is 10000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 10000 decimeters:

1 km = 10000 dm

To convert 8742 kilometers into decimeters we have to multiply 8742 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 10000 dm

8742 km → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 8742 km × 10000 dm

L_(dm) = 87420000 dm

The final result is:

8742 km → 87420000 dm

We conclude that 8742 kilometers is equivalent to 87420000 decimeters:

8742 kilometers = 87420000 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 1.1439029970259E-8 × 8742 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 8742 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1439029970259E-8 decimeters.

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 kilometers is approximately eighty-seven million four hundred twenty thousand decimeters:

8742 km ≅ 87420000 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times eight thousand seven hundred forty-two kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to decimeters