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 274 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 274 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

274 dm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 274 dm × 0.0001 km

L_(km) = 0.0274 km

The final result is:

274 dm → 0.0274 km

We conclude that 274 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0274 kilometers:

274 decimeters = 0.0274 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 36.496350364964 × 274 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 274 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 36.496350364964 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

274 dm ≅ 0.027 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately thirty-six point four nine six times two hundred seventy-four 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