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 1500 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 1500 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
1500 m → L(dm)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in decimeters:
L(dm) = 1500 m × 10 dm
L(dm) = 15000 dm
The final result is:
1500 m → 15000 dm
We conclude that 1500 meters is equivalent to 15000 decimeters:
1500 meters = 15000 decimeters
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 6.6666666666667E-5 × 1500 meters.
Another way is saying that 1500 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 6.6666666666667E-5 decimeters.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand five hundred meters is approximately fifteen thousand decimeters:
1500 m ≅ 15000 dm
An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times one thousand five hundred 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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1501 meters | 15010 decimeters |
1502 meters | 15020 decimeters |
1503 meters | 15030 decimeters |
1504 meters | 15040 decimeters |
1505 meters | 15050 decimeters |
1506 meters | 15060 decimeters |
1507 meters | 15070 decimeters |
1508 meters | 15080 decimeters |
1509 meters | 15090 decimeters |
1510 meters | 15100 decimeters |