16 kilometers in decimeters

Conversion formula
How to convert 16 kilometers to decimeters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{km}=10000\mathrm{dm}$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of decimeters.

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

Conclusion: 16 ⁢ km = 160000 ⁢ dm

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 decimeter is equal to 6.25e-06 times 16 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 16 kilometers is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{6.25e-06}}$ decimeters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: sixteen kilometers is about one hundred and sixty thousand decimeters, or alternatively, a decimeter is about zero times sixteen kilometers.