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 120 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 120 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
120 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 120 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 1200 dm
The final result is:
120 m → 1200 dm
We conclude that 120 meters is equivalent to 1200 decimeters:
120 meters = 1200 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00083333333333333 × 120 meters.
Another way is saying that 120 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00083333333333333 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred twenty meters is approximately one thousand two hundred decimeters:
120 m ≅ 1200 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times one hundred twenty 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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121 meters | 1210 decimeters |
122 meters | 1220 decimeters |
123 meters | 1230 decimeters |
124 meters | 1240 decimeters |
125 meters | 1250 decimeters |
126 meters | 1260 decimeters |
127 meters | 1270 decimeters |
128 meters | 1280 decimeters |
129 meters | 1290 decimeters |
130 meters | 1300 decimeters |