38 decimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 38 decimeters to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{dm}=0.0001\mathrm{km}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of kilometers.

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$:

Conclusion: 38 ⁢ dm = 0.0038 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 263.157894736842 times 38 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 38 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{263.157894736842}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: thirty-eight decimeters is about zero kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about two hundred and sixty-three point one six times thirty-eight decimeters.