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 1700 meters into decimeters we have to multiply 1700 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

1700 m → L_(dm)

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

L_(dm) = 1700 m × 10 dm

L_(dm) = 17000 dm

The final result is:

1700 m → 17000 dm

We conclude that 1700 meters is equivalent to 17000 decimeters:

1700 meters = 17000 decimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 decimeter is equal to 5.8823529411765E-5 × 1700 meters.

Another way is saying that 1700 meters is equal to 1 ÷ 5.8823529411765E-5 decimeters.

Approximate result

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

1700 m ≅ 17000 dm

An alternative is also that one decimeter is approximately zero times one thousand seven 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