997 decimeters in kilometers

Conversion formula
How to convert 997 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: 997 ⁢ dm = 0.09970000000000001 ⁢ km

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 kilometer is equal to 10.0300902708124 times 997 decimeters.

It can also be expressed as: 997 decimeters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{10.0300902708124}}$ kilometers.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: nine hundred and ninety-seven decimeters is about zero point one zero kilometers, or alternatively, a kilometer is about ten point zero two times nine hundred and ninety-seven decimeters.