Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to meters is 0.1, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1 meters:

1 dm = 0.1 m

To convert 1020 decimeters into meters we have to multiply 1020 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.1 m

1020 dm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 1020 dm × 0.1 m

L_(m) = 102 m

The final result is:

1020 dm → 102 m

We conclude that 1020 decimeters is equivalent to 102 meters:

1020 decimeters = 102 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0098039215686275 × 1020 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1020 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0098039215686275 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand twenty decimeters is approximately one hundred two meters:

1020 dm ≅ 102 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero one times one thousand twenty decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to meters chart

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