Unit Converter
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 500 decimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 500 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
500 dm → L(km)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:
L(km) = 500 dm × 0.0001 km
L(km) = 0.05 km
The final result is:
500 dm → 0.05 km
We conclude that 500 decimeters is equivalent to 0.05 kilometers:
500 decimeters = 0.05 kilometers
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 20 × 500 decimeters.
Another way is saying that 500 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 20 kilometers.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred decimeters is approximately zero point zero five kilometers:
500 dm ≅ 0.05 km
An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately twenty times five hundred 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
decimeters (dm) | kilometers (km) |
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501 decimeters | 0.05 kilometers |
502 decimeters | 0.05 kilometers |
503 decimeters | 0.05 kilometers |
504 decimeters | 0.05 kilometers |
505 decimeters | 0.051 kilometers |
506 decimeters | 0.051 kilometers |
507 decimeters | 0.051 kilometers |
508 decimeters | 0.051 kilometers |
509 decimeters | 0.051 kilometers |
510 decimeters | 0.051 kilometers |