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 13.8 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 13.8 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

13.8 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 13.8 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 138 dm

The final result is:

13.8 m → 138 dm

We conclude that 13.8 meters is equivalent to 138 decimeters:

13.8 meters = 138 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.0072463768115942 × 13.8 meters.

Another way is saying that 13.8 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0072463768115942 decimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that thirteen point eight meters is approximately one hundred thirty-eight decimeters:

13.8 m ≅ 138 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero seven times thirteen point eight 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