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 118 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 118 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

118 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 118 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 1180 dm

The final result is:

118 m → 1180 dm

We conclude that 118 meters is equivalent to 1180 decimeters:

118 meters = 1180 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00084745762711864 × 118 meters.

Another way is saying that 118 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00084745762711864 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

118 m ≅ 1180 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times one hundred eighteen 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