Conversion formula

The conversion factor from decimeters to meters is 0.1, which means that 1 decimeter is equal to 0.1 meters:

1 dm = 0.1 m

To convert 200 decimeters into meters we have to multiply 200 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from decimeters to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dm → 0.1 m

200 dm → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 200 dm × 0.1 m

L_(m) = 20 m

The final result is:

200 dm → 20 m

We conclude that 200 decimeters is equivalent to 20 meters:

200 decimeters = 20 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.05 × 200 decimeters.

Another way is saying that 200 decimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 0.05 meters.

Approximate result

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

200 dm ≅ 20 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero five times two hundred decimeters.

Conversion table

decimeters to meters chart

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