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 8997 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8997 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

8997 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8997 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.8997 km

The final result is:

8997 dm → 0.8997 km

We conclude that 8997 decimeters is equivalent to 0.8997 kilometers:

8997 decimeters = 0.8997 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1114816049794 × 8997 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8997 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1114816049794 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8997 dm ≅ 0.9 km

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