472 decimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 472 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: 472 ⁢ dm = 0.0472 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 21.1864406779661 times 472 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 472 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{21.1864406779661}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

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