Unit Converter
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 100 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 100 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
100 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 100 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 1000 dm
The final result is:
100 m → 1000 dm
We conclude that 100 meters is equivalent to 1000 decimeters:
100 meters = 1000 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.001 × 100 meters.
Another way is saying that 100 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred meters is approximately one thousand decimeters:
100 m ≅ 1000 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times one hundred meters.
Conversion table
meters to decimeters chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from meters to decimeters
meters (m) | decimeters (dm) |
---|---|
101 meters | 1010 decimeters |
102 meters | 1020 decimeters |
103 meters | 1030 decimeters |
104 meters | 1040 decimeters |
105 meters | 1050 decimeters |
106 meters | 1060 decimeters |
107 meters | 1070 decimeters |
108 meters | 1080 decimeters |
109 meters | 1090 decimeters |
110 meters | 1100 decimeters |