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 897 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 897 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

897 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 897 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0897 km

The final result is:

897 dm → 0.0897 km

We conclude that 897 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0897 kilometers:

897 decimeters = 0.0897 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.148272017837 × 897 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 897 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 11.148272017837 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

897 dm ≅ 0.09 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eleven point one four eight times eight hundred ninety-seven 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