998 decimeters in kilometers
Result
The conversion result is: 998 decimeters is equivalent to 0.0998 kilometers.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 998 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 / 998 dm = 0.0001 km / x km
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x km = (998 dm / 1 dm) * 0.0001 km → x km = 0.0998 km
Conclusion:
998 dm = 0.0998 km

Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 10.0200400801603 times 998 decimeters.
It can also be expressed as: 998 decimeters is equal to 1 / 10.0200400801603 kilometers.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: nine hundred and ninety-eight decimeters is about zero point one zero kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about ten point zero one times nine hundred and ninety-eight decimeters.
Footnotes
[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).
Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.