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 16 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 16 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

16 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 16 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 160 dm

The final result is:

16 m → 160 dm

We conclude that 16 meters is equivalent to 160 decimeters:

16 meters = 160 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00625 × 16 meters.

Another way is saying that 16 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00625 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

16 m ≅ 160 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero six times sixteen 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