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 12 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 12 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
12 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 12 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 120 dm
The final result is:
12 m → 120 dm
We conclude that 12 meters is equivalent to 120 decimeters:
12 meters = 120 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0083333333333333 × 12 meters.
Another way is saying that 12 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0083333333333333 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve meters is approximately one hundred twenty decimeters:
12 m ≅ 120 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero eight times twelve 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) |
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13 meters | 130 decimeters |
14 meters | 140 decimeters |
15 meters | 150 decimeters |
16 meters | 160 decimeters |
17 meters | 170 decimeters |
18 meters | 180 decimeters |
19 meters | 190 decimeters |
20 meters | 200 decimeters |
21 meters | 210 decimeters |
22 meters | 220 decimeters |