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 997 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 997 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

997 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 997 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0997 km

The final result is:

997 dm → 0.0997 km

We conclude that 997 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0997 kilometers:

997 decimeters = 0.0997 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 10.030090270812 × 997 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 997 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 10.030090270812 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

997 dm ≅ 0.1 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately ten point zero three times 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