Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to yards is 0.10936132983377, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.10936132983377 yards:

1 dm = 0.10936132983377 yd

To convert 20 decimeters into yards we have to multiply 20 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to yards. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.10936132983377 yd

20 dm → L_(yd)

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

L_(yd) = 20 dm × 0.10936132983377 yd

L_(yd) = 2.1872265966754 yd

The final result is:

20 dm → 2.1872265966754 yd

We conclude that 20 decimeters is equivalent to 2.1872265966754 yards:

20 decimeters = 2.1872265966754 yards

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 yard is equal to 0.4572 × 20 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 20 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.4572 yards.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty decimeters is approximately two point one eight seven yards:

20 dm ≅ 2.187 yd

An alternative is also that one yard is approximately zero point four five seven times twenty decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to yards chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from decimeters to yards