488 decimeters in kilometers

Result

The conversion result is: 488 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0488 kilometers.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 488 decimeters to kilometers?

We know (by definition) that: 1 dm = 0.0001 km.

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

1 dm / 488 dm = 0.0001 km / x km

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

x km = (488 dm / 1 dm) * 0.0001 km → x km = 0.0488 km

Conclusion:

488 dm = 0.0488 km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 20.4918032786885 times 488 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 488 decimeters is equal to 1 / 20.4918032786885 kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: four hundred and eighty-eight decimeters is about zero point zero five kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about twenty point four eight times four hundred and eighty-eight decimeters.