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 1200 decimeters into meters we have to multiply 1200 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

1200 dm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 1200 dm × 0.1 m

L_(m) = 120 m

The final result is:

1200 dm → 120 m

We conclude that 1200 decimeters is equivalent to 120 meters:

1200 decimeters = 120 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0083333333333333 × 1200 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 1200 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0083333333333333 meters.

Approximate result

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

1200 dm ≅ 120 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero eight times one thousand two hundred 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