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 8999 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 8999 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

8999 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8999 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.8999 km

The final result is:

8999 dm → 0.8999 km

We conclude that 8999 decimeters is equivalent to 0.8999 kilometers:

8999 decimeters = 0.8999 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.1112345816202 × 8999 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 8999 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 1.1112345816202 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-nine decimeters is approximately zero point nine kilometers:

8999 dm ≅ 0.9 km

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