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 988 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 988 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

988 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 988 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0988 km

The final result is:

988 dm → 0.0988 km

We conclude that 988 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0988 kilometers:

988 decimeters = 0.0988 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 10.121457489879 × 988 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 988 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 10.121457489879 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

988 dm ≅ 0.099 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately ten point one two one times nine hundred eighty-eight 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