500 decimeters in kilometers

Result

The conversion result is: 500 decimeters is equivalent to 0.05 kilometers.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 500 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 / 500 dm = 0.0001 km / x km

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

x km = (500 dm / 1 dm) * 0.0001 km → x km = 0.05 km

Conclusion:

500 dm = 0.05 km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 20 times 500 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 500 decimeters is equal to 1 / 20 kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five hundred decimeters is about zero kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about zero times five hundred decimeters.