488 decimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 488 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: 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 $\frac{1}{\mathrm{20.4918032786885}}$ 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.