Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to decimeters is 10000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 10000 decimeters:

1 km = 10000 dm

To convert 12.5 kilometers into decimeters we have to multiply 12.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 10000 dm

12.5 km → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 12.5 km × 10000 dm

L_(dm) = 125000 dm

The final result is:

12.5 km → 125000 dm

We conclude that 12.5 kilometers is equivalent to 125000 decimeters:

12.5 kilometers = 125000 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 8.0E-6 × 12.5 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 12.5 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 8.0E-6 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve point five kilometers is approximately one hundred twenty-five thousand decimeters:

12.5 km ≅ 125000 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times twelve point five kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to decimeters