Conversion formula

The conversion factor from meters to decimeters is 10, which means that 1 meter is equal to 10 decimeters:

1 m = 10 dm

To convert 1 meter into decimeters we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from meters to decimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 m → 10 dm

1 m → L_(dm)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:

L_(dm) = 1 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 10 dm

The final result is:

1 m → 10 dm

We conclude that 1 meter is equivalent to 10 decimeters:

1 meter = 10 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1 × 1 meter.

Another way is saying that 1 meter is equal to 1 ÷ 0.1 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one meter is approximately ten decimeters:

1 m ≅ 10 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point one times one meter.

Conversion table

meters to decimeters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters to decimeters