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 170 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 170 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

170 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 170 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 1700 dm

The final result is:

170 m → 1700 dm

We conclude that 170 meters is equivalent to 1700 decimeters:

170 meters = 1700 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 0.00058823529411765 × 170 meters.

Another way is saying that 170 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00058823529411765 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

170 m ≅ 1700 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero point zero zero one times one hundred seventy 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